It's time for more Bad Advice for Writers

I have a new article up at the Huffington Post this evening.  I actually sent this in on Friday, and I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure they’d take it.  The piece I’m making fun of was also a Huffington Post article, you see.  Kudos to them, then.  Unless they don’t realize I’m making fun of…

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Self-publishing article on HuffPo

Hi everyone!  I have a new article up at the Huffington Post: The Self Published Authors Standing On Your Lawn Self-published authors, we are led to believe, are scheming “writers” who aren’t good enough to land an agent or a publisher, have no interest in improving the craft–and show no respect for that craft–eschew editing…

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New HuffPo article: Quitting?

Wait, I could just quit? I have a new article up at the Huffington Post this afternoon. I didn’t know quitting was an option. I imagine that sounds a little like a derivation of one of those motivational-slash-inspirational mantras that someone with a title like “life coach” shouts at an unreasonable volume, or possibly the…

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New Huffington Post article: can we talk

I have a new Huffington Post article up today: Hi! Can We Talk About Self-Publishing? Excerpt: I published eight things in 2014: two novels, and six novellas. The novels were through a publisher, and one is already off the market–I reclaimed the rights–and will be re-released in 2015. The six novellas were self-published. There is no…

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Bad Advice for Writers returns with a NaNoWriMo edition

Advice for the new novelist A new column full of Bad Advice is up now at Huffington Post. Whenever you see a negative review that makes you say to yourself, “I should reach out to this person, perhaps in a borderline illegal fashion,” by all means do so. Find out where they live if you…

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Building an Immortal Man– Huffington Post article

Less than a week We’re now less than a week away from the October 2 release of Immortal at the Edge of the World, which seemed like a perfect time to talk about writing for an immortal man and what other kinds of immortals are out there. My new Huffington Post article, Building an Immortal Man, is…

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Bad Advice for Writers– new HuffPo article

I decided it was time to start handing out really bad writing advice, and Huffington Post seemed like just the place to do it.  Thus: Introducing Bad Advice for Writers! My first title choice was Bad Advice! For Writers!  I decided that was too exclamation point-y.

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Huffington Post article: Thoughts on Amazon

I have a new article up at The Huffington Post.  This one is a return to the Amazon vs. Hachette imbroglio, with my own thoughts on the matter. You can read it here: Thoughts on Amazon I submitted this Thursday afternoon, incidentally.  HuffPo’s posting schedule is “we’ll post it when we can”, which meant, for…

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