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09/21/11

Goodreads Meets Netflix

It appears that Goodreads will now make book recommendations (based on your previous ratings and selected genres), much like Netflix. Goodreads doesn’t (apparently) pull in other reader’s interests, but can a “friends also read” category much like Amazon’s “customers also bought” be far behind? Which brings me to the topic of “How do you find your next book?” If you’re… Read More

09/19/11

Four (Nasty) Lies We Tell Ourselves About Writing

Inspired by Lynda Young’s 14 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Writing, which has the positive lies that we tell ourselves to make life easier (we think), I’d like to add the four negative lies that keep us from accomplishing what we could. 1. The Lie: I’m a talentless hack who will never be able to write anything worth reading. The… Read More

09/15/11

Ten Things I Believe

picture credit I listened to an inspirational TED talk by Simon Sinek (via Robin Sullivan) and it’s changed the way I think (seriously, it’s that good). Simon endorses a Why-How-What perspective of explaining who you are (as an author, company, movement). Most organizations (and people) start with What they do, then explain How they do it, and (maybe) get around… Read More

09/14/11

Untangle Your Theme

Picture credit I stumbled on this post (via Natasha Hanova) by Donald Maass, Scott Bell and Richard Volger about Story Structure (which is filled with awesome and you should read the whole thing), but this part leapt out for me: Q: You three Story Masters each teach universal principles but also singular techniques. What dimension of storytelling is most important to… Read More

09/12/11

Meeting a Giant

My library put on a local author event over the weekend. Which is all kinds of awesome on their part, not least because they invited me to come sign books: I always love signing books and all the friends and family that come out to support me! But the most amazing part of this event was my chance to meet… Read More

09/09/11

Random Acts of Publicity: Sequels I Crave

I’m squeaking in on the Random Acts of Publicity meme put together by Darcy Pattinson and championed by the lovely Elana Johnson. We’re supposed to BLLuRT (Blog, Link, Like, Review, Talk) about our favorite books, but I’m putting a twist in and talking about all the sequels that have recently landed on my Nook and bookshelf, waiting to be read. Series are all… Read More