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Publishing 101: The Publishers Weekly Introduction to Publishing and...
Rachel Deahl is a journalist and news director at Publishers Weekly. She has just authored and published an e-book about the choices and paths facing writers when they have completed a manuscript;...
View ArticleDavid Gaughran announces Writer’s Digest split with Author Solutions brand
As readers may remember, in February David Gaughran reported that UK book trade bible The Bookseller had severed its advertising links with Penguin Random House vanity press powerhouse Author...
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Writing and reading for pleasure – Part 2: What to Write? | Douglas Burcham |...
Douglas Burcham continues his series of articles on writing and reading for pleasure. Part Two: What to Write? “You will have to write what readers want and not write a story already written by...
View ArticleBuild a better business … with Stephen King?
Business Insider, that bastion of cultural and intellectual values, has just pulled together “22 Lessons From Stephen King On How To Be A Great Writer,” for its Strategy section, more usually...
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Writing and reading for pleasure – Part Three: Reading for Pleasure (One) |...
[Douglas Burcham continues his series of articles on writing and reading for pleasure.] First, an apology! My third post for August was going to be a first instalment of How to Write Fiction to follow...
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Writing and reading for pleasure – Part Four: How to Write Fiction (One) |...
Douglas Burcham continues his series of articles on writing and reading for pleasure.“I enjoy thinking about how to write a good novel. It is a huge question and one that is impossible to answer...
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Writing and reading for pleasure – Part Five: Who for, Where and When to...
[Douglas Burcham continues his series of articles on writing and reading for pleasure starting with a fantasy short story about yet another life of Henry Cross the main character in his fiction...
View ArticleThe Indie Author Power Pack aims for the NYT Best Seller list
David Gaughran blogs that he and some other authors are attempting to reach the New York Times Best Seller list with a super-cheap bundle of writing advice e-books. The Indie Author Power Pack bundles...
View ArticleBird by Bird 20 years on: Two decades of one of the great writing manuals
One of the books periodically cited as a key primer for aspirant writers is Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, penned by Anne Lamott and first published in 1994. It’s one of the few...
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Book Review: Writing into the Dark by Dean Wesley Smith
A couple of months ago, StoryBundle offered a writing workshop bundle—a number of how-to guides covering different aspects of writing and publishing. I apparently didn’t see fit to mention it on...
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Ursula K. Le Guin on how to write: ‘There are no recipes’
Feeling that she no longer has it in her to write another full-length novel, novelist Ursula K. Le Guin has started an on-line writing workshop at the Book View Café, and gotten such a huge response...
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Don’t want to pay Patterson for writing lessons? Try Michael Stackpole instead
Paul had a little fun sending up James Patterson’s $90 writing course a couple of months ago, and a number of commenters below his piece were also dissatisfied with Patterson’s advice. But on the other...
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Troubleshooting writer’s block
What writer hasn’t had to deal with writer’s block from time to time? There’s plenty of advice out there to help get over it, but this piece on Mythcreants has some of the best advice I’ve recently...
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No going Barefoot: If you see a suspicious ad on TeleRead, tell us!
As I’ve mentioned, we run advertisements on our front page here at TeleRead, but we do have our standards. I just noticed an interesting-looking ad pop up from an outfit called Barefoot Writers Club,...
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Don’t pay $225 for good writing advice
P.T. Barnum probably never actually said “There’s a sucker born every minute,” but that doesn’t make the saying any less true. The latest example of someone out to fleece those suckers comes courtesy...
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Award-winning SF writer Brad R. Torgersen on the 10,000-hour rule and not...
Here’s timely inspiration for the New Year. Brad’s essay first appeared in February 2012. – David Rothman. One week ago, I got a call from the President of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He...
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