Language is meant to elevate, and though it is often used as the tool of denigration, it still remains my most powerful form of self-expression. Because it is true that when I dance, I look like a manatee on amphetamines. When I run, I look like a knock-kneed penguin. I am, physically, a deeply unfortunate person.
In this article about her book Negotiating With the Dead, Margaret Atwood best describes how very difficult the publishing game… Read more Margaret Atwood on Writing and Publishing
Because I’m almost permanently wired into the world of books, publishing and writing, I am coming across more and more… Read more Publisher on Author Crime
There’s nothing writers love more than giving each other advice. It is the most irritating thing short of catching ebola… Read more Writer on Writer Crimes
It is a slightly old article, but the results of the Forbes Top Ten authors list is as interesting as… Read more Forbes Top Ten Authors and the South African Top Ten
I’ll be the first person to say I suffer from Facebook envy and Twitter confusion. I see everyone’s photos of… Read more Love Song for the Internet
I used to really, really want to make that illustrious “Freshly Pressed List” because it would bring followers forth unto… Read more Why I’ll Never Make The Freshly Pressed List
Tally directed me to this list about writing, and I decided that it would be a totally expected of me… Read more 5 Quick Writing Rules
There is no doubt that Nanowrimo is a word to be feared, even if it does sound like something that… Read more The Nanowrimo Shop of Horrors
As many of you may, or may not know, Graham and I are writing a book. Not just any book,… Read more The Battle Continues
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