Interesting blog post today on John Green’s Sparks Fly Up website. John talks about book advances, and while most writers dream of that 7-figure advance, he states that maybe a lower advance will be more beneficial to the writer AND the publisher.

In his post he makes an analogy based on our current mortgage situation:
“It seems [...]

I completed Week #4 of the Challenge. Nine more weeks to go. This is going to be a LONG summer.

So I did a little better than I did last week. What helped me was turning off the TV and getting most of my writing done outside of the house. One of my goals this year [...]

Ah, the day job. Yes, it helps pays the bills but hinders the writing. It’s a catch-22.
I found this interesting post from M.J. Rose on her Buzz, Balls & Hype blog that talks about this very subject.
Susan O’Doherty, Ph.D. aka “Dr. Sue” is guest blogging and giving advice to a writer who hates the [...]

I really do think that social networking is here to stay. I know that some writers may get overwhelmed with social networking because it can really be a time suck, but I think if you just pick one of the technologies to get out there (Facebook, Twitter or even blogging—which is the only thing I [...]

When I was getting ready for work, Good Morning America was on so I watched Barbra Walters present previews for the Farrah Fawcett special. So when I heard later that she had died, I was sad because I LOVED Charlie’s Angels when I was kid. But I was also glad that she was no longer [...]