Writerly Rant #31 Book Covers Are Judging Me April 22, 2014 by Tara Sparling Sometimes it feels like the publishing industry has us all boxed off into dastardly delineated categories. We are either readers of crime, science fiction, sports autobiographies, or… Read More ›
Rants
The Indie Initiative
Writerly Rant #30 Cardboard Characters by Mikael Carlson, Author There are a lot of knocks on indie writers today – poor grammar, typos, bad formatting, etc. Many of these criticisms, unfortunately, are valid. I fell victim to them myself in… Read More ›
The Reality of Dreams
Writerly Rant #29 by M.J. Moores, OCT. Author. Editor. Freelance Writer. “If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” Les Brown I’ve been inundated with the idea of ‘Generation Screwed’ lately and, even… Read More ›
An Honest Response to National Poetry Writing Month…
Writerly Rant #28 NaPoWriMo: Say Whaaat? Posted on April 3, 2014 by Charlotte Cuevas I swear I didn’t know NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) was a thing until now, and if you’ve read my thoughts on NaNoWriMo (see sidebar for… Read More ›
Are the Stars Killing Our Ratings?
Writerly Rant #27 Seeing Stars by Mikael Carlson, Author. We live in a world obsessed with ratings. Politicians watch their approvals, ice skaters their judges’ scores, high school students their class standings, and authors their Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and… Read More ›
Expectation vs. Reality
Writerly Rant #26 A Jack of all Trades Dilemma by M.J. Moores ~ I love the arts: writing, dance, drama, visual, music… whether it’s crafting with my mind or my hands or expressing myself through song or letting my body… Read More ›
Put Your Dukes Up!
Writerly Rant #25 Shillelagh Law by Mikael Carlson, Author. ~ Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, and being in Manhattan for the day, it was prime time for people-watching as they returned from the parade down 5th Avenue. I noticed everyone… Read More ›
Linked Out
Writerly Rant #24 The Redundancy Setting Writerly Rant by M.J. Moores, OCT. Author. Editor. Freelance Writer. Social networking dramatically advanced with the inception of LinkedIn and the idea that business professionals (and individuals apart or entering similar fields) could reach… Read More ›
Raising Eyebrows & Author Awareness
Writerly Rant #23 Forget the Noise by Mikael Carlson, Author. It’s been a while since I have had the opportunity to rant. After enjoying my holidays, I went straight to getting the sequel to my first novel ready for my… Read More ›
Chronicles of an Indie Book Publicist
Writerly Rant #21 ~ 5 Things Self-Published Authors Need to Stop Immediately By Charles Franklin, ctfranklin28 on February 6, 2014 http://thiscollegedropout.wordpress.com I have been assisting with the marketing and promotion of self-published and indie authors since 2012. I’ve been through the… Read More ›