Critical Views
Know Thyself
I recently finished Heir of Novron, the final two books of the Ryria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan. I can honestly say this is one of the best books I’ve read – particularly the final book. I won’t give any spoilers, but there’s only a few books that have tugged on my emotions at the […]
Judge Not
I recently saw a link to an article someone posted on Facebook about a study that was done to see if people ate less when calories were posted next to the menu items. There were menus with just the food item, the food item with the calories listed, and menus with the food item, the […]
The Perfect 10…K (vs the 150K)
The discussion of the perfect manuscript comes up again and again in writers’ circles. I’ve eavesdropped on at least one a year since I resumed my writing journey. I suspect it’s one of the perils of being artists in the business world. Do we make art or do we make money? Why can’t we make […]
Why Writers Are to Writers as Florists Are to Florists
Years ago, I answered an ad at a florist magazine because I rationalized, “I garden. That’s like being a florist.” I quickly learned I couldn’t be more wrong. What took a few more years to learn was even among florists, you had “business” florists and “designer” florists. All florists probably consider themselves designers in some […]
Good Parenting=Public Displays of Affection?
I saw this picture yesterday and had to laugh, because my husband and I are totally like this. We are constantly holding hands, kissing, snuggling, and generally canoodling, at home, in front of the kids, and in public. My best friend has a complete opposite point of view. She’s an adamant non-PDA-er. On New Year’s, […]
Why Christian SpecFic writers should skip the agent hunt
Conventional wisdom says writers “must” find an agent first. Since I covered the stock market for several years, you’d think I would have learned that conventional wisdom is often untrustworthy. Nevertheless, I spent several years hunting for an agent for my grownup Christian fantasy series. Figuring if I were going to start, I might as […]
Your Story, Your Integrity
You want to be a writer. If you’ve written (and finished) anything, you are a writer. Here’s the hard part. What do you do with what you’ve written? If you’re like most writers, you try to get people to read it. You hand it to your friends, your relatives and your postman looking for something […]
Amazon bought Goodreads — so?
The writerly community was abuzz yesterday after this Publisher’s Weekly story announced that Amazon has bought Goodreads. But will anything change? The thing that most strikes me about this is that Amazon already owns Shelfari, which basically has all the same functionality as Goodreads. A merge of the two seems likely. I don’t spend a […]
