I’ve heard writing teachers say it, and I’ve heard magazine editors say it: “Throw out the first three paragraphs!”
What in the world are they talking about?
The truth is, even for professionals, the first couple of paragraphs, if you’re writing an article, or even the first chapter if you’re writing a book, is likely to […]
A friend, one who loves me enough to tell me the whole truth, asked me if I might be a workaholic.
I don’t know… or maybe I do. According to the Workaholics Anonymous website, the only requirement for membership is the desire to stop working compulsively. That doesn’t help a whole lot at the moment, but […]
As freelancers, we are also business people, striving to get the greatest return on our efforts. And I think most of us are familiar with the 80-20 rule. It’s another name for the Pareto Principle, which says 20 percent of our efforts result in 80 percent of the benefit received. It can be applied in […]
I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am. Joe Wikert who has the blog Publishing 2020 Blog, also authors a blog about Amazon’s new ebook reader the Kindle.
Called Kindleville, there info both interesting and not so interesting about this ebook reader. Because it’s Amazon and because it uses epaper I think it may be the […]
On March 31, Amazon posted a letter to “all interested parties” on its website to explain why they were changing their rules re Print On Demand.
As I read this, I think Amazon is saying “yes, we’re requiring in-house printing of POD because it will allow us to give faster service to our customers.” They then […]
Like everyone else who wants to get a book written, in addition to expressing myself, I also want to know, or at least guess, about how many books I’ll be able to sell. You’d think it would be simple, and it would be easier if publishers were willing to let the public know how many […]
Do you know how to book end?
It’s a simple technique and one I find tremendously helpful, particularly when I’m stuck and would rather do almost anything than write. It works like this:
You decide on a task… complete a chapter or a blog entry, or…
You decide how much time you’re going to spend on a […]
It’s far from the end of the world, but I had just finished printing out some 96 pages of an edit from a ghostwriting client when the phone rang, and sure enough, it was his secretary telling me another version was coming. It’s arrived, and when I get back from buying more paper, I’ll print […]
I woke up this morning to a delightful fog. Unfortunately, it doesn’t extend inland far enough to be of help to the last gasp of our horrendous fires. Although almost everyone can go home, the folks on Palomar Mountain, where this historic Hale Telescope is, our still out and the mountain is burning. And yes, […]
I had some sort of an emotional collapse around these fires yesterday. I did get out of the house for a while, which was a good thing. But the constant news, which I seemed unable to turn off, felled me. Not badly, but I came home, turned on the air conditioner and went to bed.
This […]
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