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Archive for April, 2011

Book recommendations (or, spending time with Judi Dench vs. cleaning my office)

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Why does everything take so long? Um . . . maybe because I put it off forever?

But today my…

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Free fiction Friday! TWO-EYES

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

TWO-EYES is a story I wrote as a modern riff on an old Grimm’s fairy tale by the same…

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Free fiction Friday!

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Here’s a little something for your weekend–some physics, some time travel, a little fish-licking (that part is based on…

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One of the best posts I’ve ever read on writer promotion

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

It’s a new world, and the old rules are rapidly falling away. This latest post by bestselling author Kristine…

Posted in Writing | No Comments » | Tagged: Advice for Writers, Authors, Kris Rusch, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kristine Rusch, Promotion, Publishing, Writer Promotion, Writers, Writing, Writing Advice

Great recap of what’s been happening in publishing lately

Friday, April 1st, 2011

From best-selling writers turning down traditional publishing deals and going indie, to best-selling indie writers going traditional, to copyright rulings…

Posted in Writing | No Comments » | Tagged: Advice for Writers, Business of Writing, Copyright, Indie Publishing, Kris Rusch, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kristine Rusch, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Writing, Writing Advice