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Wednesday Writerly Words

Wednesday Writerly Words

A little motivation. I make no comments about quality in the following, just quantity.  This is the list of the top 10 best earning authors from June 2009-June 2010 according to Forbes Magazine: James Patterson: $70,000,000 Stephanie Meyer: $40,0.. Read More

Industry, Inspiration | 08.25.10 | No Comments

XKCD Humor - Book Burning and Kindle Editions

XKCD Humor – Book Burning and Kindle Editions

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Industry, That's Interesting | 07.23.10 | No Comments

In Defense of Sparkly Vampires

(In Defense is going to be a recurring column on what we can learn from those we usually denigrate in the writing field.) Admit it.  You hate Stephanie Meyer.  You hate her stupid sparkly vampires, ridicule the writing style, think Bella is a twit .. Read More

Industry, Inspiration, Writing Related | 07.22.10 | No Comments

Balticon 44

Balticon 44. This will be my 5th Balticon. I fell in love that first time five years ago. Their guest presenter was Neil Gaiman so I had to attend. It has been a great event for me every year. Partly because of the sessions and discussions with .. Read More

Industry | 05.29.10 | No Comments

Goodbye J.D. Salinger

Goodbye J.D. Salinger

[caption id="attachment_236" align="alignleft" width="87" caption="Catcher in the Rye Book Cover"][/caption]J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye" just died. The novel is considered a classic and introduced us to the rebellious Holden Cau.. Read More

Industry | 01.28.10 | No Comments

Dying to Write Cancelled.

The 3rd annual Dying to Write conference has been cancelled due to lack of interest. Mystery Writers of America (MWA) Mid-Atlantic Chapter President Laura Durham put up this notice last Friday: Dying to Write Cancelled! For those of you that don.. Read More

Announcements, Industry | 09.11.09 | No Comments

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