Donald Maass is a master. I think a lot of people have long since agreed on that. He’s seen a lot of great and not-so-great books go by, and he’s learned to see the differences. I’ve been meaning to get my hands on his books for a VERY long time. (Fun fact–I once DID get […]
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If you follow writerly circles on the internet, you’ve probably seen it before. Someone posts less-than-kind things about a book. The author of the book responds. Maybe it starts out as a reasoned discussion (though not necessarily), but generally it devolves rather quickly into “you’re just not smart enough to understand my work” and/or “how
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I don’t read nearly as much as I used to–not fiction, anyway. I work full-time, I’m a single mom, I’m a writer. I like sleep. That doesn’t leave much time for reading. A smart girl, as I like to think I am, will make sure what time she has counts. I read a lot of
First, let me mention I got to blog today over at Turtleduck Press about why I write space opera. Now for the review! The slogan for the Missing Manual books is “the book that should have come in the box.” It’s a great slogan. It’s completely true, at least in my limited experience. I’m reading
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So yesterday I was already in not-so-stable shape (shut up) because of Wendy Pini-induced sparklebrain that kept me from sleeping properly. Then I saw this: Reviews by Jessewave (NSFW due to pretty boy-pictures! No pr0n, though.) We’re just not gonna mention how wildly happy (and giddy, and dumb) yesterday was, ‘kay? That blog post was
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Because if you love mansmex and I didn’t tell you about Starfighter, you may now thwap me. I don’t want to say much, because really, I haven’t read much. The author/artist (it’s a webcomic) posts a page when she gets it done–she has a job and a life, after all–which means I’m in the wilds
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Pardon me while I try to plow through my library books. I do not like to return them unread, and I do not like to upset my librarians by keeping them overlong. So. No Plot? No Problem: A Low-Stress, High Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days is NaNoWriMo founder Chris Baty’s…well, guide
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