Welcome to my new blog, which now includes content from many of the blogs I’ve created over the years. You can now also access content via category from this one page instead of having to search for my individual blogs, which were scattered over various platforms and websites.
My first comic is online at Writer Unboxed! I’ll be posting comics there every other weekend. For those who aren’t familiar with the site, Writer Unboxed is an excellent source of writing tips and info for genre fiction writers.
After my last get-together with my writing pal, Mahtab Narsimhan, I’ve adopted a new daily work schedule. I generally wake at about 6-6:30 a.m. and head down to my office to do e-mail, then surf for publishing news for my Market Watchcolumn while also updating @inkyelbows and other feeds on Twitter. From now . . .
The goal of Julie Duffy‘s Story A Day challenge is write a story every day in May. Before you freak out, keep in mind that the stories can be of any length. There is also leeway built-in. “You get to decide what “every day” means. If you need to take Sundays off, go . . .
I recently discovered that my site has been listed in Writer’s Digest annual “101 Best Websites For Writers” list, in the May/June 2010 issue. Thanks to all those who nominated me! 🙂 And thanks to Heather Wright for letting me know.
I met Deborah Kerbel through the Toronto Area MG/YA Author Group, which was founded by Claudia Osmond via Twitter. Deborah’s a cheerful, witty and dedicated YA writer who is the author of several books for young people including Girl on the Other Side, which was nominated for the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award. Her . . .
Dear Author blog has an excellent overview of the e-readers currently available for the iPad. If you have an iPad or are considering buying one for reading e-books, I strongly recommend that you read this post. Clearly, there is room out there for a good e-book reader app for the iPad. . . .
As some of you already know, I’ve been excited about the iPad for a long time, even before the hype began. As a birthday gift, my husband pre-ordered the Wifi-only 64 MB iPad, and we picked it up while we were in Columbus earlier this month. For those that missed . . .
A while back I posted a poll about whether you outlined before you started to write. 109 people responded, and 48% of you said you do use an outline. 29% said no, and 32% of you said it’s too complicated for just a yes/no answer. Those who outline say it . . .
Giving up on having an iPad version of eReader, I’m checking out Stanza, but customer support does not seem to be replying to questions on the topic: Meanwhile, I also tried getting versions of the e-books I purchased on Fictionwise onto my iPad to read through the iPhone app versions . . .