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Archive for July, 2009

Why sometimes writers have to be tough, even if it goes against our natures

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Another excellent post from multiple award-winning novelist and short story author Kristine Kathryn Rusch about the business side of writing. This week’s installment, how to get paid.
And if you haven’t read the previous installments yet, take the time to catch up on the whole collection. For those of you who want to making [...]

This is the fun stuff

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Actually, so much of the writing life is fun–researching topics you’re interested in; spending day after day in Fictionland while you ignore the rest of the noisy, demanding world; writing characters you want to be or want to fall in love with or at least want to hang out with for as long as you [...]

Writers, the importance of diversifying

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

If you haven’t been following all of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s posts on freelancing (including last week’s, in which she discusses what we can learn from Michael Jackson’s financial situation), do yourself a favor and catch up.
This one is part five, and discusses the value of diversifying if you’re a writer or any other kind [...]

Smart people write and read romance novels

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

This article is like the one I posted about coffee drinking. Again, love it when someone backs me up on something I already want to do.
Read and enjoy!

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