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Amanda Hocking is a wildly successful, industry-challenging e-book author. DexRaven is an unpublished writer. The online publishing community is so very small; there are a lot of blogs out there but only a few seem to have the right mixture of humour and expertise that appeals. A humming cloud of small-time and unpublished writers hovers […]
March 24, 2011
After an all-night writing session, I am entitled to my coffee. I ponder the problem, early-rising cats frothing about my ankles. The grinder is empty and, gourmand that I am, I have only whole beans. Oh, but I can’t do it to them — they were so good and went to sleep at sensible times. […]
March 22, 2011
Probably best if you watch along with the blog, but even so, I feel that my words are meaningful without such fancy-dancy frippery as having two browser windows open at once. ANYWAY. Herewith, the snarking: Nice Celtic fonts for opening. Sorta shimmery. Ok, yeah, a little cheap-looking. Whatever. Ooh! Cate Blanchett, hello! Oh I remember […]
March 13, 2011
I went into the lobby bathroom and there was this girl sitting under the sink. I said, “Hey, are you okay?” She nodded, so I went into a stall and sat down. But after I’d locked the door: “Hey, uh…do you think you could wait to take a shit until I’m gone?” “Lady,” I said, […]
March 10, 2011
I’m not particularly egotistical. I love what I do, and I think perhaps I might be good at it. Perhaps in a handful of years, if my career takes off, I might be persuaded to cautiously label myself “a good writer”. Perhaps. Most likely under the influence of a few G&Ts. This is because even […]
March 10, 2011
Stress! It is very stressful! Some things have been going on. One of which is that we’ve decided to submit Maybe to Kirkus Reviews, so we’ll have to have the manuscript in perfect shape about oh, three months earlier than expected in time to allow for a Kirkus quote in the printed copies. Herewith, I […]
March 8, 2011
Sometimes I write a chapter and I know exactly where it came from. Late in the book, my main character (a 20-something coke addict named Maybelle) gives in to her addiction under the pressure of anxiety and consumes more drugs than she can handle. I have tried, throughout the book, to fashion a parallel between […]
March 3, 2011
I was shopping for bog rolls and washing up liquid last night at a box store. I always go past the book sections in box stores because I want to keep an eye on what’s selling. I ended up buying Lauren Oliver’s “Delirium” after a few minutes of the excuses I tell myself when I impulse-buy: […]
February 28, 2011
Packs a pretty wallop. Psychologist-approved to help production of adrenaline before afternoon sluggishness takes hold. ~~~~~~~ – 2 slices multigrain brown bread (not that fake brown shit, REAL brown, with chewy bits and seeds in) – 1/2 avocado – sea salt – black pepper – fresh goat cheese (about 1 tbsp) – light-coloured honey (wildflower […]
February 25, 2011
There’s been some discussion recently about whining in the blog-o-sphere microclimate of wannabe authors and the publishing professionals who blog for them. 1. An unpublished author and nénette Twitter writes a blog post about the literary agents who rejected her. She tweets this post to all and sundry. 2. Janet Reid, the big cat who stalks […]
not very alice 
March 27, 2011
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