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The Journey of a Novel to Print
Found an author’s account of her novel’s journey to publication. Sarah Hoyt recounts the setbacks and successes she had had while trying to break into print and get her sci-fi novel, Darkship Thieves, onto bookshelves. Lots of agents in t...
Happy New Year!
Hope everyone has a wonderful 2010! I’m quite relieved 2009 is over with — the worst year for me. And I pray that next year is everything this one was not. ...
New Scientist Article on Synaesthesia
More on the condition of synaesthesia in the New Scientist. The article, “Is Synaesthesia a High-Level Brain Power?“, offers more insights into the condition. The discussed study concluded that letters only popped out to the subject when ...
Wind at My Back
The past two weeks have been really productive for me writing-wise. I’ve revised a number of chapters previously submitted to my writing group and sent them off for the next meeting. For the first time I feel on solid ground with those chapters...
The Man Behind the Phantom Critique
As a follow-up to the previous post, here is a link to an article revealing the creator of the YouTube video. ...
Ira Glass on Storytelling
Continuing a subject from the previous post, namely storytelling, I came across a series of videos by National Public Radio host of This American Life Ira Glass. I think he offers valuable advice that you can apply to your own writing. I’m link...

