For those who missed the liveblogging from the Apple announcement, here are some good summaries: AppleInsider’s overview of iPad specs and info about AT&T’s no-contract iPad data plans, which run $15/mo. 250MB, $30 unlimited. Apple iPad Just Tried To Assassinate Laptops: It’s the ‘internet device’ vision of a decade ago all . . .
250 wds/day | 500 wds/day | 1000 wds/day So how did you all do with your daily wordcount challenges since the last check-in? To find out more about daily wordcount challenges, click any of the links above.
Ruth Ann Nordin has offered advice on how authors can increase their book sales, based on her own experience in selling her self-published book. As she points out, her sales are still modest, but her post is a good source of ideas on how to build an author platform in a . . .
Thanks for all the feedback to my post, Making More Time To Write: Cleaning Up Your Inbox and Improving Your E-mail System. Thanks especially to Travis for pointing me to Mailplane, a desktop Mac app for Gmail users: From Travis: When I used the Gmail interface for my email (via a nice little Mac app . . .
WorkLifeGroup is running a writing contest that’s meant to help them find contributing writers but in my opinion, they’re going about it the wrong way. “We’re aiming to identify writers all from over the globe to write for us on an ongoing basis; to join WorkLifeGroup as contributing writers (paying gigs, . . .
Anyone else hyped? (Before embedding, see my cartoon licensing info.)
One of my favourite blog for children’s writers is Mary Kole’s Kidlit.com. Mary Kole is an associate agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Quote from her post today: It’s in your best interest to develop a thick skin, learn how to take criticism and rejection, separate yourself from what you’ve put . . .
I came across a “Protected by Copyscape” banner in a writer’s blog and was curious enough to check out the service. From their About page: Copyscape is dedicated to protecting your valuable content online. We provide the world’s most powerful and most popular online plagiarism detection solutions, ranked #1 by independent tests. Copyscape’s . . .
Chuck Ingwersen is a freelance writer and cartoonist who posts his “cartoons, short stories and bad poetry” on his humor blog, Words And Toons. You can find Chuck’s greeting cards at http://www.zazzle.com/chuckink. How did you get into greeting card design? I’ve created funny greeting cards for family members for as long as . . .
I interviewed Christina Katz last September about her book, Get Known Before The Book Deal. During the interview, I was astounded at the number of projects Christina has on the go. Christina graciously agreed to do a second interview, this time focused on how she manages her time. What’s your typical workday? I try to . . .