Failing again. Failing better.
In the latest class offered by Carrie Cuinn (Twitter, blog)–seriously, why haven’t you signed up for her classes yet?–we’re looking at various platforms for tracking submissions. Everything from subscription websites, to databases, to apps, to the classic, homemade spreadsheets. In the past, I used to use Duotrope before it went behind a paywall. It was…
First off, I want to thank Myke Cole (Twitter) and Mur Lafferty (Twitter) for tweeting and re-tweeting links to yesterday’s post. As a consequence, it received a lot of views, and that’s always a great thing–to write something that people feel is worth reading. Myke and Mur have already given me so much great advice,…
Recently, authors Joe Hill (Twitter) and Myke Cole (Twitter) had posts that struck a chord with me–hence the late post today. I’ve been wrangling with these ideas all morning. Hill wrote about self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, and Cole wrote about when he “stopped thinking of a novel as a work of art, and started thinking…
My local library is currently having another book sale. Although it technically started last night–for those who are members of the “Friends of the Library” organization (or willing to buy a membership at the door)–it opened to the public this morning at 10am. I arrived at 10:03am, and not only did I get the last…
I received an e-mail today from the folks at the Writers of the Future contest.* I submitted a story as part of the third quarter of 2012. And of the thousand or so quarterly entries, I received an Honorable Mention. Now, that doesn’t mean I get any money or publication offers. But it does mean…