Author Archive
Writing Character Flaws
Inspired by the Pendragon Variety Podcast relaunch episode—in which the Pendragon ladies vamp on the topic: “Character Flaws – Balancing Your Character’s Awesome”—I decided to expound on… uh… character flaws. First things first: We’re all told that our characters should have “flaws.” But what are these mythical creatures? What makes a flaw? any imperfection in [...]
Carnival of Storytelling – November 3, 2011
Welcome to the November 3, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Yes, it was actually posted a little later than November 3. And that’s my fault. It’s also a little skimpy, and that’s also my fault. Even so, thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. Please browse their blog posts, and share your [...]
Carnival of Storytelling – October 20, 2011
Welcome to the October 20, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. And thanks to all the bloggers who posted wonderful articles that I have hand-picked for the following list. Please browse their blog posts, and share your own favorite posts from across the Internet for the [...]
Carnival of Storytelling – September 22, October 18, 2011
Carnival of Storytelling – September 22, October 18, 2011 Welcome to the Carnival of Storytelling. Now that the summer break is over, to launch a new season, I’m catching up on editions of the Carnival of Storytelling. A lot of great links posted. And more coming up tomorrow and Thursday! (UPDATE Oct 19: I didn’t [...]
Carnival of Storytelling – August 11, 2011
Welcome to the August 11, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. And thanks to all the bloggers who posted wonderful articles, which I have hand-picked for the following list. Please browse their blog posts, and share your own favorite posts from across the Internet for the [...]
Carnival of Storytelling – July 28, 2011
Welcome to the July 28, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. And thanks to all the bloggers who posted wonderful articles, which I have hand-picked for the following list. Please browse their blog posts, and share your own favorite posts from across the Internet for the [...]
Self-Publishing for Fun and Profit
In yesterday’s post, I distinguished between the “indie author” and the “self-published author.” A reader named Wendy commented, with a question. This is a distinction that I originally got from Bob Baker, author of 55 Ways to Promote & Sell Your Book on the Internet. Bob got his self-publishing start with a book about indie [...]
What the End of Borders Means for Authors
First of all, a clarification: when right-wingers talk about “closing the borders,” this isn’t what they mean. The big news over the past week is that Borders Books is officially going out of business. Book lovers have expressed grief and dismay. One Borders fan called it “a case of internet outsourcing.” He’s not too far [...]
Carnival of Storytelling – July 14, 2011
Welcome to the July 14, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Thanks to everyone who submitted a link at BlogCarnival.com. And thanks to all the bloggers who posted wonderful articles, which I have hand-picked for the following list. Please browse their blog posts, and share your own favorite posts from across the Internet for next [...]
A Sneak Peek at the Ardor Point #2 Outline
I’ve been working on-and-off on this outline for over a year and a half now. I could go down the list of excuses and reasons why it took so long. – And it’s still not “finished” yet, but I can’t stand it anymore, so I’ve started on the “zero-draft.” I’d like to share with you [...]