Published on May 14, 2008
So you’ve decided to write a travel guidebook! Perhaps you are a travel writer with a sheaf of articles about your trip to Australia and you feel you have a good enough angle to support a full book. Perhaps you’re a travel editor who is fed up with the books coming across your desk since you feel none of them have really brought the reality of the place home. Or you could be an outdoor editor who notices there are more and more inquiries about mountain biking in your area but there is no guidebook on the subject. Of course you may not be a writer at all…
Published on May 14, 2008
In my book, the protagonist will be a writer. I want to give this character some goofy stories to write about in the book. My questions is, if any of these “stories” are based on, say, urban legend or goofy news reports I’ve read, is using those stories for ideas considered plagiarism? I would of course NOT copy and paste anything or write anything verbatim, just get the idea from an existing urban legend or goofy news piece I may have read.
Published on May 7, 2008
This issue is a bit abbreviated because I took off a long weekend while Richard’s dad and step-mom were here and… now I’m paying the price. I am SO BEHIND! UG!!
Anyway, here’s what I did in the past week…
Published on May 7, 2008
Letters will return next week.
Published on May 7, 2008
Even though the calendar says its spring, I’m sitting here at my keyboard next to a window watching the snow come down
Published on May 7, 2008
Hi Angela!
Following is an email announcement that I received today. (Name removed) has been around for quite some time, and while he has done these special promotions to buy his latest book from Amazon on a designated day, this one is the most elaborate “giveaway” plan.
I’m curious what your take is on his methods.
Published on May 7, 2008
I dreamt of being a writer since I was a kid in junior high school. I was really into Agatha Christie at the time and fantasized about my best-selling mystery novel being featured in The Washington Post’s Book World. I even had a pen name picked out, Angie Gold. Eventually real life kicked in. The dream faded, but I kept writing…
Published on April 30, 2008
After stopping in Georgia, we drove to Flagler, Florida. The campground, Beverly Beach RV and Camptown Resort, was right on the ocean. Our RV was parked facing the surf and it was breathtakingly beautiful! After we stopped, pulled out the slides, and got set up, Richard checked his email while Max and Mason piled out of the RV and ran down to the beach with me, barefoot and carefree…
Published on April 30, 2008
This article was ready to publish a month ago when we exposed the Amazon/Booksurge Ultimatum. While we’re, of course, still publishing updates about Amazon/Booksurge, I’m VERY happy that we’re able to get back to book selling this week!
Published on April 30, 2008
- We’re Not the Only Ones Disturbed by the Washington State Attorney General Letter…
- One Thing Leads to Another!
