3/18/2016 6 Comments Writing: The Hard PartsWriting can seem to have its share of hurdles, but anyone who's gotten to The End knows that the hard parts are yet to come. Beyond editing the piece to within an inch of its life, comes the really difficult bits: shopping it around, writing a blurb, a synopsis, a query letter. Waiting a min. of twelve weeks to learn if you can shop it elsewhere. And if you're self-publishing, then you need to format correctly, and get a decent cover, and blurb.
And the promoting, You want to promote your work without being that annoying person who is always saying, "buy my shit!" Howzzat work? Well, helpful websites are eager to tell you. Provide useful information. Hmm, well, I certainly help you to avoid crappy books by reading and reviewing them for you...right? Be fun, upbeat. No, failed that one. I have books in my stack of reviews to do that I really liked, and they're so much harder to write than the books I didn't. Snark comes easy to me. You'd think I could write villains just like *snap* but no, my characters get all my good humour, witty banter, and kindness. I'm not even snarky in a useful way, like Chuck Wendig (check out his blog, btw. I want to be him when I grow up.) So I'm asking you, my readers (all four of you), what would YOU like to see on this blog, besides more awesomely mean reviews? Oh, and I need a picture... hang on...
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Patricia M Palm
3/18/2016 08:11:14 am
I like when you critic books... but I also like when you talk about book covers. The do's and don'ts.
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3/18/2016 11:14:22 am
I'm always open to new ideas. I have almost everything I've written over the last couple of years up on my site,
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Casey Honebrink
3/18/2016 07:43:36 pm
First off, I enjoy your reviews. But I'd also enjoy reading about your process, your triumphs, your struggles, and so on, as a writer. A progress report now and again. You have a great personal voice. Any letter to your readers would be a pleasure!
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Sydney Blackburn
3/19/2016 04:23:45 pm
Thanks, kind sers--great suggestions! I would also like to post more short stories, but I seem to either send them away for money or lose that all important round tuit!
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davidd
3/30/2016 01:33:34 pm
I just looked at Chuck Wendig's site. Yeah, some of his stuff is funny. Actually, some of the commenters are even funnier than he is. But he kind of falls into the drop-the-f-bomb-to-make-it-funny trap a bit too often. I'm not at all opposed to profanity for humorous intent. But it doesn't always work.
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davidd
3/30/2016 01:41:10 pm
Not sure how Chuck manages to be so productive, working on so many simultaneous projects, and still find time for lengthy daily blog posts. He's obviously much more organized than I will ever be.
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