Here’s my weekly post, a bit late. Last Saturday my husband broke his hip. The hospital zipped him through surgery, fixing him up with a nail and a screw, apparently, and got us home the next day. He’s doing very well, getting around with a walker. We even got out to a movie yesterday and he puttered around doing some yard chores with me providing much of the legwork. Life is a bit more of a project than usual and I haven’t gotten to writing duties much, but it’s all going pretty well, considering. First return to surgeon tomorrow to get his assessment.
Here are some posts I enjoyed last week.
From one of my favorite authors, Donis Casey: How writing a novel is like Finding a Wooly Mammoth in your back yard, or the writer as archeologist. I love this metaphor for what we do as writers. Click here for Type M For Murder “How Writing a Novel is Like Finding a Wooly Mammoth in Your Back Yard” by Donis Casey
A post on marketing for authors. Some of this is a bit patronizing, but also some solid ideas for how to present your book as having value and fitting into the interests and needs of your readers. Unless you are already famous, that seems an essential step one. And yes, spamming is evil and does more harm than good. I’d say from the feed I often see, many do not realize that. Click here for WriterUnboxed “The 6 Most Common Marketing Mistakes Made by Authors”
I watched PBS’s Secrets of the Dead: the Real Trojan Horse. Here’s someone’s review of the show. All I can tell you is they asked a whole lot of the right people—an impressive line up of scholars speak up in this show. It focuses on such a deliciously silly aspect of the whole Trojan War thing that it has to be entertaining. (After the fact: yes it was enjoyable and interesting) Click here for About.com review of Secrets of the Dead The Real Trojan Horse
This cartoon might be on to something in describing how a writer feels. And I can use some medical humor right now. Bob’s making progress with his broken hip, but it’s hard to see him in pain. Click here for Janet Rudolph’s Cartoon of the Day Writer