James Moore, on the virtue of patience in the writing game, and including a digression into self-publishing.

Booksquare: the book  is not the territory. Some thoughts on alternative modes of storytelling. There’s an important point - storytelling and stories written in bookform are not really the same thing. Books might die, be replaced. Stories will go on, even if they’re not being written anymore, but created in some other fashion. I digress; the article is rather interesting.

Also from Booksquare: The art of conversation: Those who are living and working online require another new approach: authenticity. Honest, open discussion. Nothing turns off a potential customer like constant happy sunshine talk. 

 Building character

Jeff Vandermeer: 7 tips for beginner writers

Scalzi’s thoughts on the 1000 true fans (see post for link to the article he’s referencing). Very interesting posts, both of them.

 For those who are unaware, author JA Jonrath sporadically makes these posts where he gives new and prospective writers various tips, focusing on promoting yourself. This one is about stuff not to do.

Curious Expeditions: not so much a direct link, but I keep meaning to mention this site, one of my faves on my feedreader. Every post of theirs so far I’ve marked to go back and re-read. Fascinating. Great site. “We, your humble explorers, are devoted to unearthing the wondrous, the macabre and the obscure from around the globe.”

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