There are people who think that a valid book sales tactic is insulting more established authors that don’t know them on social media, claiming that said established author was attacking them for –when there is zero evidence to these claims. (Pathological lying)
There are certain people who feel it is appropriate to send their followers to troll established authors, or members of the SFF community. (Triangulation)
This is where the rub is. I’m finding people confusing view point character with protagonist. Just because you are in a character’s head (or mostly so) doesn’t mean they are the protagonist of the tale.
Read More Sorry, Gilgamesh, but Not SorryWe talked about options for getting it into an editor’s hands: finding an agent, submitting to a publisher that took unsolicited manuscripts, or maybe even meeting an editor at a con and showing them their work. This person definitely was interested in getting an editor’s eyes on their work and seeing if they could sell it. However (and this was a big HOWEVER), they were apprehensive. They liked the idea of being paid money for it, seeing it in print and all the jazz that comes along with that sort of thing, it was just that they weren’t “a real writer”, and feared how they would be perceived by an editor.
Read More All That Is Permissible“Science fiction should always fully explain the science behind everything they are doing, no matter what! People read science fiction for the realism. If they didn’t want to think too hard, they’d read fantasy.”
Read More Respect Genre–Respect the AudienceI view people putting their bullying opinions out there like a flasher in the park. They run up, show you stuff that is none of your business to be seeing, for the purpose of making you feel uncomfortable. So, in my opinion, overt your eyes. Don’t be a voyeur to internet exhibitionism. They are trying to violate your boundaries.
Read More Don’t Stir the Pot: letting bad reviews dieThere has been a lot of discussions about whether or not certain females within nerdom are actually nerds/geeks/what-have-you, or just rotten posers.
Read More “Just because I don’t want to sleep with you, doesn’t mean I’m a poser”(A rant in defense of female-nerdom)With all that said, here’s what I think should be happening in a writer’s group, and here is what I tend to do when I put up something for review:
1- I bring a pen and paper.
2- I shut up!
3- I listen.
Read More Dear Defensive Writer: Shut Up!When the elephant sees its rope, it bows to its power–to the point that even a small child could lead the behemoth around a ring, daintily, by the thin cord.
Read More Elephants and Ropes… very important for us to understand the ugly. The ugly being this trend of under-valuing the products of producers. I’m completely disgusted by how Hull decided to moralize what is in truth cold corporatism and producer exploitation–to say that a creative lacks integrity if they expect payment for hours clocked in the production of their product…like every other professional in every other field.
Read More Huffington Post Can Get Bent, SeriouslyWhat do I mean by “the zone”? I’m talking about that, sometimes elusive, feeling of being completely connected to your work. That feeling that you are in fact exactly where you are suppose to be, in the career you are meant to be in.
Read More The Zone
