Look out Sony e-reader, Nook and Kobo, because Amazon announced this week that Kindles are now on display and available for purchase at 3,200 Walmart stores.
Fogel and I have been debating how e-books will affect freelance editors. I'm guessing that people who want to indie e-publish will be swamping freelancers in-boxes with edit requests.
I can't wait to see Priest, because I'm pretty sure that the movie's high-tech take on vampire fighting is very different from my post-apocalyptic novel where gunpowder is so scarce that people carry swords and cross bows as supplementary weapons.
I prefer not to simply publish links to other people's content on this blog, but this warning from Amanda Hocking
I like writing because it's a solitary task. I'm the complete dictator of an entire world when I sit in front of my keyboard. I decide who lives and who dies, who get's laid and who joins the priesthood.
One of Fogel's main complaints, and the subject of her guest post yesterday, is that I don't have a clear picture in my own head of my characters.
1. I'm a great believer in writing from the inside out. What that means is that, although good story is more important than good writing, writing is the only means you have of conveying the story.
Mike's second rule of publishing is to hire an editor. Don't get me wrong: I'm a genius, but sometimes that