Critics on rookie mistakes, and how to avoid them when submitting your book for review Reviewers are of vital importance when it comes to getting the word out about your book. Your novel might be the next great American classic, but if no one reviews it then its next stop could be the remainder bin. [...]
Archive for December, 2009
The clever and cunning Matt Staggs talks about avoiding rookie mistakes over at Booklife
Posted in News, On Writing: General, tagged Booklife, matt staggs, rookie mistakes on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Networking 2.0
Posted in News, On Writing: General, tagged ecstatic days, networking, vandermeer on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As y’all know, writerly networking is one of my (many) soapboxes … the VanderMeer takes it to Networking 2.0 over at Ecstatic Days: As the year comes to an end, I’ve been thinking about leverage, which I talk about in Booklife. But in Booklife, while I have a separate section on paying it forward and [...]
Bibliophile Stalker in Conversation with …
Posted in News, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged Amal El Mohtar, Bibliophile Stalker, golblin fruit on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
… one of my faves, Amal El-Mohtar, who writes poetry, fiction, and co-edits the glorious Goblin Fruit. Said interview lives here http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-amal-el-mohtar.html
And again, thanks to LOLcats
Posted in Random, tagged evil plans, lolcats on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, awesome sauce
Posted in On Writing: General, Random, tagged apostrophes, the oatmeal on December 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
On how to use an apostrophe http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
… as we all know (and some of us know even more than others), tends to freak me out … but then sometimes it produces this sort of thing and I will happily stand and stare at it for hours and hours … I love this night cactus-thingy-whatsit at my Pares’ place … it’s giving [...]
For the Person Who Wants Everything
Posted in News, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged kosher guide to imaginery animals, vandermeer on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How awesome would this be to add to the reading pile? http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/12/25/the-kosher-guide-to-imaginary-animals-coming-soon/
The Reading-Beside-the-Bed Pile
Posted in Random, tagged Alice Munro's Too Much Happiness, Cafe La Femme, Goya's Maja, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling, Kristin Cashore's Fire, Pulp Fiction Press novel, Shearman's Roadkill, Tansy Rayner Roberts' Siren Beat, VanderMeer's Finch on December 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Post-Christmas luncheon (during which I ate my own body weight in turkey, ham, chicken and trifle – trifle is an honourary protein), I am half-reclined on the bed in the manner of Goya’s Maja (but with more clothes) contemplating the reading pile on the nightstand. Am a third of the way through Harry Potter and [...]
A Christmas Trifle, The Making Of
Posted in Random, tagged buffy, christmas trifle, gifts, hanukkah, kwanza, reindeers on December 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
All appearances to the contrary, I have not been drinking. The reindeer ear-thingy-antler-whatsits belong to The Neph … they play a Christmas medley and have flashing lights. I do believe, if used for an extended period of time (say, ten minutes) they could lead to suicide or climbing a clocktower … Why are they on my [...]
A Christmas Squeeeeeeeeeee!
Posted in News, Pimping/Promoting!, tagged adam golaski, David Rix, Mark Valentine, Simon Strantzas, strange tales III, tartarus press on December 22, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Just wandered out to the front of the house to find a parcel waiting there. Quickly torn open, it revealed this: Thank you, lovely, lovely Tartarus Press . Strange Tales III is another beautiful artefact, with awesome stories. And one of mine. http://freepages.pavilion.net/tartarus/stftthree.htm
