Interesting posts about writing - w/e January 21st 2011

[jongibbs]

Here’s my selection of interesting (and sometimes amusing) posts about writing from the last week:

Let’s Talk Dialect (Gloria Oliver)

Ten Ways to be Awkward at a Writer’s Conference (Mary Demuth)

What’s Your Blog Identity (Rachelle Gardner)

The Myth of Overnight Success (C. Hope Clark)

Arguing Book Piracy (Jim C. Hines akajimhines )

Comments

[kathryncraft]

Thanks Jon--great stuff this week! Thanks for the mention. Loved Chuck's post on un-complicating the synopsis--most valuable.

[jongibbs]

Those synopsis thingies can be a real pain :)

[bogwitch64]

I had to LOL at the spelling-error mistake back and forth on Lucienne Diver's blog. Too funny.

[jongibbs]

:)

[akossket]

"Let's Talk Dialect" and "The myth of overnight success" were my favorites.

[jongibbs]

I'm glad you found them useful :)

[asakiyume]

A lot of good ones here--thanks as always. I left a comment on Gloria Oliver's post as I've been thinking about speech patterns and things recently.

[jongibbs]

Speech patterns are fun to write :)

[a_r_williams]

I liked the "Writer's as Sales People". One thing she didn't mention though, is that publishers try to make most of their money from the first few months of the book. Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch refer to this as the produce model.

In self-publishing writers have the lifetime of the book in order to generate revenue.

Great link, Jon.

Sadly, I don't think publishing companies will get it, until a lot of the mid-list writers go independent.

[jongibbs]

I think in all publishing, but in self-publishing especially, generating awareness is the key.

[jongibbs]

Good points all. Much as I like having an eBook contract, I want a traditional print one too :)