Writerly Ways

[cornerofmadness]

They tell us to have an 'author platform.' Have a blog. Okay I have that. Is anyone paying attention? I doubt it. Hell I don't even hear from people I've known for years because they've moved on to microblogging. I do microblogging (I have twitter and facebook and pintrest). They say do newsletters but frankly I get so many I can't read them all In fact I barely read any and it's not helped by the fools who newsletter everyone several times a week. Wish I had an answer on how to reach readers but I don't. I feel like I'm faking it.

The one thing I do know is that I can and will use the vacation for story fodder. Has to be a wealthy character. when on tripadvisor restaurants rated only $$ are 30-40$ meals I'm scared to know what actual upscale ones cost.

I did forget something. I will have a CAR. I am so used to my work convention being my vacation and not wasting money on a car as I'm in a conference room for 4 of the 6 days I go. I don't need to go on a tour of the mansions. For 2 mansion via the tour group it's 55$ and they DONT take you inside. For that I can buy a 5 house tour. Guess what I'm doing?

Gave up on the big lighhouse tour (too hard to schedule, too many toll roads) but found one close by that drops me on Rose Island and I can go IN that light house. Now that's cooler than me puking my way on a 2 hour boat tour.

Have some links

marketing fatigue

getting the best out of your cover designer


cases where you don’t need a character arc

the story equation