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How Pseudo-Intellectualism Ruined JournalismFrom Persuasion: I was sitting across from the professor as she went over my latest piece. This was 1986, Columbia School of Journalism,...
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BewareBeware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw
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The sad realities of publishing a book: money!From Crazy Classic Rock: In this blog post, we’re going to talk about money and the business side of things. Money is a topic that makes me...
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New Concerns at Albert WhitmanFrom Publishers Weekly: T hree years after Albert Whitman & Company came under fire from authors and illustrators over delayed royalty...
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Everyone says: why the rule about dialogue tags isn’t cast ironFrom Nail Your Novel: I’ve seen dialogue tags discussed a few times recently on writing forums. The discussion goes like this....
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Stories about the Dongbei rust belt are resonant in ChinaFrom The Economist: I T DOES NOT sound like an easy place to live. Scorched cars litter a desolate landscape. The city’s factories are...
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I got some jam on her new couchI got some jam on her new couch, But Grandma doesn’t care. I lost my toothbrush, dropped a glass, My old jeans have a tear. I tipped the cat...
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Character Type & Trope Thesaurus: MatriarchFrom Writers Helping Writers: DESCRIPTION : A female elder who rules over her family, tribe, or clan. FICTIONAL EXAMPLES : Catelyn...
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How can firms pass on tacit knowledge?From The Economist: LAST MONTH Odysseus became the first American spacecraft to land on the surface of the Moon in more than 50 years. The...
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Kris on The Findaway Scam…From Dean Wesley Smith: A few weeks or so back, Kris did a post on her patreon page about what happened with Findaway and writers. I linked...
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Oppenheimer Couldn’t Run a Hamburger Stand. How Did He Run a Secret Lab?From The Wall Street Journal: When he was named the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory, J. Robert Oppenheimer was an...
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Give people what they wantGive people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, and they’ll more likely pay for it...
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Amazon must face narrowed lawsuit over eBook pricesFrom Reuters: A federal judge on Monday heavily trimmed an antitrust lawsuit that accused Amazon.com, opens new tab and others of causing...
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Piracy in Italy: Study Shows Book Industry Losing €705 Million AnnuallyFrom Publishing Perspectives: s the plans and programming for Frankfurter Buchmesse‘s (October 16 to 20) Guest of Honor Italy are...
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Authors Equity points toward the future of publishingFrom Nathan Bransford: Some pretty significant news arrived this week as some of the smartest and most experienced people in publishing are...
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Museums have a hoarding problemFrom The Economist: BENEATH THE gothic main hall of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London is a labyrinth of curiosities. Only a tiny...
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All I have learnedAll I have learned, I learned from books. Abraham Lincoln
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8 Steps from Amateur to Pro WriterFrom Writers Helping Writers: Every author starts out as a hobbyist. We write as kids, for fun. As we get older, we write when we have free...
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Larry Summers on What Went Wrong on CampusFrom Persuasion: Larry Summers is an economist, the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for...
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Compulsively Trying to Please People Who Never Liked MeFrom Electric Lit: Having been her editor for a few years now, this is not the first time I’ve been asked to say something coherent about...
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I’ve done some shameful things to sell my books. But there’s a line even I can’t cross.From The Guardian: Some days I would rather get my bikini line waxed in the window of Dunelm than walk into another bookshop. Not that...
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The Peter PrincipleIn a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Dr Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle
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Regarding AudibleFrom Brandon Sanderson: Hey, all. Brandon here, with what I consider to be some pretty exciting news. Many of you may remember when I wrote...
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The age of AI phones has arrivedFrom CNet: One of my biggest takeaways from MWC was that while all tech companies now have a raft of AI tools at their disposal, most are...
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The history of the West is not quite what you learned in schoolFrom The Economist: Asked what he thought of Western civilisation, Mahatma Gandhi is said to have quipped that such a thing “would be a good...
