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One Hit Wonders
Okay. Day two of working through all the blog posts I’ve bookmarked to share. The next one was actually another one from PCW, so I skipped it in favor of one from Seth Godin, another person whose blog I faithfully … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged do we always improve if we keep going, one hit wonders, raw truth is sometimes better than anything else, Seth Godin blog
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That Makes Me Feel Better
When I first decided to self-publish a few of my short stories, I put up a post here on my blog (since removed) that offered anyone who followed the blog one of those short stories for free. I wasn’t trying … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General, Writing
Tagged attend writing conventions to get agent or editor attention, conversion rates on web traffic, critique sessions, full requests, partial requests, pitch sessions, Seth Godin blog, that sad feeling when you post something and no one responds
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I Like This Idea
Seth Godin on Scuff-Proof Shoes. I choose option #2. Being authentic about who/what you are is a helluva lot easier than trying to pretend to be perfect. Not to mention that if people like you for who you are, warts … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged authenticity, being a writer, Seth Godin blog, writing
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Moving In New Directions
I have all these posts that I bookmark and mean to share and then forget to share. But I figured I’d share one today and the one I chose is: How long between leaps? by Seth Godin The post is … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged initiating change, Myers-Briggs, Seth Godin blog
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What Kind of Writer Do You Want to Be?
I was going to title this post “the lab or the factory”, because I wanted to write about something Seth Godin said today on his blog. But, that’s pretty much the title of his blog post, so I went with … Continue reading
Posts that have made me think
Every once in a while I read a blog post or an article and it tickles something in the back of my brain. I have a gut instinct that there’s something important in what I’m reading and I think I … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Life, My Writing, Writing
Tagged consumerism as opiate, correlation is not causation, finding your own path or not, kitchen sink posts are the BEST, Making Light blog, Peter Watts blog, Seth Godin blog, Ursula K. Le Guin blog, what happens when the true enemy isn't the obvious one
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A Bunch of Things
First, if you somehow missed it yesterday, Random House changed the deal terms for its e-book only imprints as a result of the outcry from authors’ groups this last week. See Victoria Strauss’s post about it here: Random House Announces … Continue reading
Who is your target market?
Bear with me on this one, because a few ideas are coming together from some very disparate sources to form this post. First, the other day my mom decided to send my most recent short story to my grandmother for … Continue reading