Ian T. Healy, New Superhero Fiction, and “Lucious Melons”
Everything I know about superheroes (and whatever the Transformers are) came from movies. I’ve watched Spiderman, Superman, Batman, X-Men, and the Green Lantern, but I never read superhero comics as a kid. I was an Archie girl.
Craig Lancaster Discusses His New Story Collection, “Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure”
Craig Lancaster’s short story collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure, releases today. I invited Craig to contribute a guest post so you can learn a little bit about the book & then head over to order a copy. – Kris QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE ART OF OVERCOMING DESPAIR by Craig Lancaster
NaNoWriMo and Time Management
Inside the Writers’ Studio stresses the importance of writers practicing good time management. Don’t let chip-eating and Ramen house-building happen to you.
The Cost of Kindle Books – Pay Up or Shut Up
There’s an entire thread on Amazon’s discussion forum dedicated to the “high” cost of Kindle e-books. One commenter, J. Bryan, writes
RJ Keller Talks Second-Novel Blues and Pie
I had so much fun interviewing RJ Keller about The Wendy House (working title) before that I thought I’d do it again. (Admittedly, I might have been finding a passive-aggressive way to say, “Hurry up and finish so I can read it!”) Q: Let’s just dive right in, shall we? I, like many, have been
“Baby Got Books” (A Madam Writes-a-Lot spin on Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”)
[Intro] Oh, my, word. Keller, look at that book.
Sept. 11 Taught Us, but Maybe Not the Right Things
It’s been ten years since the sunny Tuesday morning when terrorists used airliners as giant missiles, and the questions being asked as the media replay (and replay and replay) the footage of thousands of people dying
Former Random House Author Self-Publishes Thriller that Views 9/11 from New Perspective
As self-publishing becomes an increasingly popular option for writers of all kinds (the good and the not so good, those who have tried the agent route and those who haven’t), there are those who continue to cling – and probably will for some time – to the idea that self-publishing is an avenue for the … Read more
An Author Hates Something More than Madonna Hates Hydrangeas
When fellow PaperRat (and Inside the Writers’ Studio partner) R.J. Keller and I saw the YouTube video of Madonna’s reaction to a bouquet of hydrangeas handed to her by a fan, we knew what our next episode would be, and we rushed to our cameras and got our clips together in a matter of hours. … Read more
Self-Publishing “Lacks the Cool Factor”? But, Hasn’t Independence Always Been Cool?
Edan Lepucki once again discusses self-publishing in The Millions, and once again, she presents a few ideas that beg to be addressed.
Filed under Inside the Writers' Studio, marketing, publishing, Social commentary, Writing · Tagged with books, publishing, self-publishing, the millions, writing