Author's Blog

How to Be a Leader . . .

For Your Information

How to Be a Leader in an Age of Information Overload – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/4PXvf

‘Novels begin – in thinking, not writing’ – By Elaine K. Naves – The Gazette – http://goo.gl/tS7Ce

Publishers Weekly seems to relish scathing reviews of self-published books – By Kim Strickland – Chicago Now – http://goo.gl/gN1ZE

The British Council brings more shame on us – By Nick Cohen – The Guardian – http://goo.gl/Ak2L5

Blind writer gets help from police forensics to recover lost novel – By Jill Pantozzi – The Mary Sue – http://goo.gl/3RIhE

Getting to “yes”: 4 keys for instant credibility – By Dean Rieck – Direct Creative Blog – http://goo.gl/f3Rpf

The DOJ’s Ebook Price Fixing Lawsuit Against Apple and the “Agency Five”: An Overview – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/KTOCu

Let Your Critics Be Your Best Friends – By Barb Sawyers – For Problogger – http://goo.gl/1wh3g

Blogging in Obscurity – By Justin P. Lambert – Words That Begin With You – http://goo.gl/dmjSP

One Tip that Makes Writing Blog Posts Super Easy – By Mary Jaksch – write to done – http://goo.gl/rNf9K

Let’s Hear it for the Self-Published Author! – By Warren Adler – Huffington Post – http://goo.gl/HrGof

Literary Agent Dumps Novel On Child Soldiers After Kony Media Campaign Eruption – By Free Press – http://goo.gl/Gz6lI

Survey: Aspiring novelists predict a tough future – By Source Wire – http://goo.gl/UaxZC

Scholastic Announces Sales Figures for The Hunger Games Trilogy in the U.S. – By Writer’s Blog – http://goo.gl/S1sVW

The Copyblogger “Secret” to Creating Better Content – By Sonia Simone – Copyblogger – http://goo.gl/2zBd3

Entrepreneurs Don’t Need Work-Life Balance – By Jeff Stibel – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/pI09n

 

Quote(s) of the Day

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – G. K. Chesterton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Event – Big Thanks!

 

 

“A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.” – Thomas Fuller

 

 

A big thank you, to all of you, for the thoughtful birthday wishes!

 

The Secret . . .

For Your Information

The Secret to Your Next Creative Breakthrough – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/dFOW2

New Literary Agent Alert: Andrew Wetzel of Martin Literary Management – By Chuck Sambuchino – Writer’s Digest – http://goo.gl/Kfb45

How to Clear the Phlegm from Your Blog Posts – By Make a Living Writing – http://goo.gl/S9dJo

A Systematic Approach to Writing Successful Blog Posts – By Jane Sheeba – For Problogger – http://goo.gl/8mRfy

Book Design: Choosing Your Paragraphing Style – By Joel Friedlander – http://goo.gl/Ki72h

Is everyone entitled to their opinion? – By Seth Godin – http://goo.gl/R77V6

E-books give authors new chance to get published – By Carol Bicak – World Herald  – Omaha.com – http://goo.gl/Yp1RL

Is Your Voice Shouting? – By Sherrinda Ketchersid – For The Writer’s Alley – http://goo.gl/8YopP

A Room of Everyone’s Own: The Writer as Public Fixture – By Matt Lombardi – http://goo.gl/Pfsm6

William Boyd to write official James Bond novel – By Nick Clark – Independent – http://goo.gl/c5809

Finding People to Read, Review and Recommend Your Book – by Joel Friedlander – The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/G8k9u

Living the Dream: Publishing a Novel with the Big 6 – By Shelley Emling – Montclair Patch – http://goo.gl/j353T

 

Quote(s) of the Day

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
― Mark Twain