Guide to Good Critiquing

What I Really Want

The Two Paragraph Rule

Teh Intarnets are a-buzz
If, for some reason, you haven’t heard yet romance megalith Harlequin announced this week that they are opening a self-publishing branch of their company. This is so very wrong, but don’t just believe me. Here’s a short index of who is saying what: Mystery Writer Allison Brennan Writer Beware Nora Roberts

LOL!!
I am looking forward to this book a little too much.

Progriss Report
Yesterday: I got my license despite a harrowing test that was everything I’d fear it would be, except the yelling and failing part. Despite being agitated for a while I realized that the tester was completely impossible to please and I still passed. Besides I primarily want the license to drive to exercise class, the store on my own time table, and down town so I can go back to school. The furthest things is down town, which is only about 3 miles away and I don’t have to take the express way or even parallel park. Then I came home and went ahead and applied for college. Like I said on Twitter I got my license and applied for college, I feel so grown up and responsible,

Do authors need agents?
Gallycat posted a rather inflammatory opinion piece implying that in this brave new Kindle world authors no longer need agents. I’m sure they no longer need editors, cover artists or qualities stories either. Okay, so that’s going to an extreme (and extreme that can be seen in the self publishing world, where there are no gatekeepers and what could be a fantastic tool is seen as inferior trash.) You can find lots of author and agent responses if you look. But here’s mine. I know a man that I consider a friend who is what I consider a successful writ

Pay what you Want
GUD (Greatest Uncommon Denominator) is having a pay what you want for ebooks sale. I really enjoy this magazine and I wanted to point out this sale because it’s a great opportunity to get copies for consideration before submitting, to try out GUD in case you haven’t before, or just to support the industry. Here’s where to buy.