Publishing related links
This is mostly for my own reference - I want a place to gather some of this stuff. I may find a better way to do this in emails to myself, so I should stop cluttering up friends lists soon.
Money and Work They make the world go round, really.
Jim C. Hines has put up his yearly writing income post, with links to earlier versions. This also gets into interesting discussion of international rights.
http://jimhines.livejournal.com/547266.html
And I'm loving this post on fantasy (both urban and high) protagonists and their work, or lack thereof.
http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/01/04/i-know-she-saves-the-world-but-what-does-she-do/
Craft Sometimes I wonder how solid my foundation in writing is.
I own three of these books. Maybe some rereading is in order.
http://www.sfwa.org/2011/01/guest-post-10-books-for-writers-focusing-on-craft/
Business I really love this series of columns.
There is some good info in the comments to, particularly about POD and the definition of in print.
http://kriswrites.com/2010/12/29/the-business-rusch-midlist-writers-changing-times-part-11/
Steampunk is mainstream now
Because if the guy who wrote Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks an sell a column to the Christian Science Monitor on the subject, it's no longer entirely a fringe thing. Plus, there was that episode of Castle. So yeah, it probably is the new Goth. I'm okay with that.
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2010/1229/Steampunk-The-new-Goth
Not Really Publishing But I love the debate.
It's DS9 vs B5 in the ultimate alphanumeric smackdown!
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/01/tv-genre-show-smackdown---ds9-vs-babylon-5/
Money and Work They make the world go round, really.
Jim C. Hines has put up his yearly writing income post, with links to earlier versions. This also gets into interesting discussion of international rights.
http://jimhines.livejournal.com/547266.html
And I'm loving this post on fantasy (both urban and high) protagonists and their work, or lack thereof.
http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/01/04/i-know-she-saves-the-world-but-what-does-she-do/
Craft Sometimes I wonder how solid my foundation in writing is.
I own three of these books. Maybe some rereading is in order.
http://www.sfwa.org/2011/01/guest-post-10-books-for-writers-focusing-on-craft/
Business I really love this series of columns.
There is some good info in the comments to, particularly about POD and the definition of in print.
http://kriswrites.com/2010/12/29/the-business-rusch-midlist-writers-changing-times-part-11/
Steampunk is mainstream now
Because if the guy who wrote Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks an sell a column to the Christian Science Monitor on the subject, it's no longer entirely a fringe thing. Plus, there was that episode of Castle. So yeah, it probably is the new Goth. I'm okay with that.
http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2010/1229/Steampunk-The-new-Goth
Not Really Publishing But I love the debate.
It's DS9 vs B5 in the ultimate alphanumeric smackdown!
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/01/tv-genre-show-smackdown---ds9-vs-babylon-5/