Category Archives: Writing
Use Google alerts to check yourself
If you aren’t familiar with Google Alerts, get on it! As a writer, it’s invaluable to have something like this. In fact, most people already do something similar. In the LA Times, they point out: “It’s a necessary effort to … Continue reading
Free ebooks with physical book
I saw a post on the Kindle forums asking “Will Amazon offer free to Kindle users, the hardcovers they have purchased?” and the obvious answer is no, since it’s not Amazon’s decision. Books you buy are not just the words … Continue reading
40000 book downloads, kinda
A while ago, a major torrent site for P2P downloads went legal. Removed all infringing content and only hosts, currently, user-created, original, and usually independent work. That is Mininova.org. They went from being one of the most trafficked sites in … Continue reading
Fanfic
It started with a post on Teleread about an author who detests fanfic. In follow-up, there was another blog that took that and noted two more responses, which I responded to in comments. To copy my own comments, and then … Continue reading
Reviews should be from familiar viewpoints
I’ve been somewhat enamored by Goodreads lately, but the reviews I see on various updates reminds me of certain statements. To be brief, the question is why do critics judge creative works they aren’t interested in to begin with? Lately … Continue reading