Most address questions from my workshop students and fellow writers on craft and publishing; a few posts were prompted by my own concerns: I wanted to work out what I thought about Facebook and writers' newsletters, to take two examples.
May these posts serve you also, dear reader.
ON THE CRAFT OF WRITING
+ The Secret Ingredient in My Writing Process
+ Writing Loglines and the Concept of the "Eyespan"
+ Language Overlay: A Technique of Fiction
+ The Arc of Writerly Action
+ 10 Juicy Books on Creative Process
+ On Decluttering Your Writing or, Respecting the Integrity of Narrative Design: The Interior Decoration Analogy
+ Language Overlay: A Technique of Fiction
+ The Arc of Writerly Action
+ 10 Juicy Books on Creative Process
+ On Decluttering Your Writing or, Respecting the Integrity of Narrative Design: The Interior Decoration Analogy
> See also my blog Reading Tolstoy's War and Peace
ON PUBLISHING
+ Five Super Simple Tips for Better Book Design
+ Q & A with Independent Publisher Michele Orwin, Founding Editor of Bacon Press Books
+ It's Not Like Making a Peanut Butter-and-Jelly Sandwich, But it's Not Rocket Science Either, or, How I Made my PODs (And You Can, Too)
+ How I Published My Kindles
+ Why Aren't There More Readers? A Note on Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage
+ So How's the Book Doing? (And How Many Books Have You Sold? And What Was Your Print Run?)
+ Self Publishing for All the Right Reasons (Reporting on the Writer's Center's "Publish Now!" Seminar)
>See also my articles Answers to the 3 Most Frequently Asked Questions about the Writing Business and Out of the Forest of Noise: On Publishing the Literary Short Story.
ON BLOGGING
+ Writers' Blogs and My Blog ("Madam Mayo"): Eight Conclusions After 8 Years of BloggingON TIME MANAGEMENT
+ Podcasting for Writers: To Commit or Not (Or Vaguely?)+ Adios Facebook! The Six Reasons Why I Deactivated My Account
+ 30 Deadly-Effective Ways to Free Up Bits, Drips & Gimungously Vast Swaths of Time for Writing
+ Why I Am a Mega-Fan of the Filofax (Also on "Cool Tools" blog)
So when is my next writing workshop? Probably not until 2017 because I am at work on my book about Far West Texas. Look for more posts about Texas and, apropos of that book in-progress, my "Marfa Mondays" podcasts. Twenty of a projected 24 podcasts have been posted to date. Listen in anytime.
Your comments are always welcome.
