100 Comments!
Yesterday marked the 100th comment on Words and Coffee. Thanks to all who’ve contributed! I look forward to reading more in the upcoming months.
Encouragement from the Masters
Every so often I can use a kick in the pants–a little shot of inspiration. I need to know that the masters of writing either struggled like I do or are willing to share what made writing easier for them. Just a little something to which I can cling. John Steinbeck -Convey something from yourself
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Book Trailers and Social Media
Yesterday I took a brief look at book trailers. Uninvoked stopped by and relayed her experience with trying to get the word out and how if a trailer looping endlessly in cyberspace is all well and good, but worthless if no one sees it. Here is her comment: I don’t think many people know to
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In a Nutshell
Words and Coffee as seen by wordle.net. I borrowed the idea from Cory Doctorow’s post. He hacked the post and entered his name and Little Brother a whole heap to make them stand out. I like it. I wish there was a way for it to consider all posts from the blog, but what do
Book Trailer Shakedown
Book trailers are no longer novel (that pun’s free of charge). However, they still bear discussion because of their continued widespread use and debatable effectiveness. I finished Anathem, by Neal Stephenson, about a week ago. Great book. I loved the juxtaposition of cloistered monastic life with raging 21st Century (and beyond, really) culture outside the
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Getting a Feel for what’s Real
In my short story The River Lords, I’ve undertaken to give it an admittedly pan-Asian feel. I’m sure my approach would horrify those who know well various ethnographic and geographic details of countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and so forth, but the asianesque setting was in my head as I began conceptualizing,
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Everlasting Gobstopper of a Story
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4_cf_fZDc0&feature=related] I think–I’m pretty sure–Yeah, it looks like The River Lords could very well be novel material. As I passed the 10k word mark today I felt there was more that could be told…and still be interesting. For fun I decided to search online for clues that your short story is becoming a bigger story.
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The Race
******************* The Jay Lake contest voting continues. I have to say I’m pleasantly surprised that it’s gone the way it has thus far, but Adrian Faulkner is fighting back with his story “The Salt of Life” (an awesome story, by the way). This has been fun and exciting. The entries are: The Salt of Life
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Focusing on short stories for a bit has done wonders to help me economize my words and write with more clarity
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