Failing again. Failing better.
I don’t know if I can count the number of blog posts I see about how writers need to have a “platform.” Writers need to have a website and a blog. They need to have a presence in social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Writers need to get their Klout score up. And on and…
Fans of this site will know that I am a fan of fairy tales, so I was very happy to read that 500 new fairy tales have been discovered in Germany. Locked away in archives for 150 years, they were collected by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth, the only man Jacob Grimm felt could replace him…
So you just ate lunch, and you’re feeling a little sleepy. Your productivity is already dropping, so why not read this? It’s a long interview of William Gibson by the Paris Review about his writing and his writing process. It’s definitely worth your time. Too long you say? Well check out this article on speed…
Today, literary agent Rachelle Gardner (website, twitter) tweeted a link to this article, saying that it made her blood boil. In the article, Seth Godin said writers need to give up the idea that they deserve to make money from their writing. With the rise of self-publishing tools offered by Amazon and Apple, Seth Godin…
This morning, Neil Gaiman reposted some advice on beating writer’s block. He advises writers to turn off their internal editor while writing. You need to find a way to silence or ignore that inner critic, because the most important thing is to finish your writing. Of course, this isn’t new advice from Neil Gaiman. I’ve…