Patricia Bray with a perspective on people giving away her books for free on the internet. Oh, she’s okay with you loaning a book to a friend to get them hooked, but she does still want to make a living.
Mike Shevdon going on about his agent (hey – that’s me!) and editor doing things other than just making the sale happen. Plus he has great news to share over on the Angry Robot site. [Note: Mike is a debut author who queried me as per the submission guidelines with the 5 pages; truly debut, not even a short story credit to be seen.]
Laura Anne Gilman with a few comments on the so-called Secret Push (cousin to the Secret Handshake). Interesting thoughts in post and comments on just getting the book done.
C.E. Murphy has joined the ranks of those ransoming work — you can pledge and get a new Janx and Daisani story: Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.
Alison Kent reacting to a comment on a post on RTB about that recent hot-topic of reader entitlement. As she says, there’s no crying in reading.
Ken Scholes is having a writing contest to give away ARCs of Canticle
I can never resist when my clients cook — here’s Ekaterina Sedia’s Crepes recipe and filling recommendations.
Bonus link: Jay Lake on tor.com discussing faith in your writing. “Writers and critics and fans talk a lot about suspension of disbelief, but it seems to me that belief is far more important than disbelief.”
Great news for Mike Shevdon! That’s encouraging to know that you discovered him through a query and 5 sample pages. It can be done!
As far as the crepes go, might I suggest Dulce de Leche for a filling?
Oh I feel like a dork. I’ve been wanting a copy of “Lamentation” since I got to read a sample off of the web. But I can’t remember the author and there are TONS of books with “Lamentation” or “Lamentations” in the title. (I always end up at the book store unexpectedly so I never get to get the author’s name before going.)
So I thought the story writing contest link you had up sounded like fun. Who’s it for? The author of the book I’ve tried to buy at least twice and failed. I can’t help but laugh. 🙂
Great links. Thanks for sharing.