Controversy was ignited (perhaps even exploded) yesterday when the podcasting community, and more specifically the podiobooks.com community, caught wind of an article written for a magazine that essentially said that only books that have no chance of publication ever go onto podiobooks.com and real authors wouldn’t ever consider posting stuff on it. Um… words really failed me when I read that. It turns out that the author of the article has never listened to any of the books/stories found on Podiobooks.com nor did she do any research to confirm/deny some of the things she wrote. You know, little things like “putting your books up on the site would never, ever result in a sale to a publisher”. As you might […]
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Why I Care About Critiques and Feedback
A few days ago, Scott Roche, AKA SpiritualTramp on Twitter raised a question about critiques. Do we want them? How do we want them and so on. What followed was an extremely spirited (natch) discussion about the topic. One I got involved in. Now, those of you who have read any of my posts probably know I cherish feedback. But why is that? Why do I care what other people think about my writing and podcasting? Well, I think it all comes down to knowing that I’m creating something people want to hear/read. But don’t I know if I’m doing a good job or not? Well, in a word, No. I am totally oblivious to whether my own work is […]
Read moreIt’s OK to Delete
Have you ever heard the phrase “Kill your darlings”? If you haven’t or if you have but don’t quite understand what it means, it refers to deleting writing that is dear to you but doesn’t really add anything to your writing project. It is something that I have never liked doing. Every word on the page represents blood and sweat and effort that I have put into a specific piece of work. It was work to get it there so why should I delete it? Then I started working on ‘GalaxyBillies’. ‘GalaxyBillies’ represents a real departure for me. As much as I’ve always wanted to write humor, I have never had the nerve to do it. All my writing has a […]
Read moreLet Your Mind Wander
The subconscious mind is an amazing thing. Have you ever been in the situation where you were trying to remember someone’s name or a word and a few minutes after you’ve given up, it pops into your mind? Happens to me all the time. I’ve noticed that my writing is being done subconsciously too at times. I get my characters in a bind and I can’t think of a good, logical way to get them out of it. I walk and I think and I try different things but nothing works. Then, out of the blue, an idea hits me that is so freaking awesome I wonder why I never thought of it sooner. In the past I thought it […]
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