From the monthly archives: December 2011

SHEER WANTAGE: Writer’s Digest Best 101 Sites

By On December 30, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Non-ISBW

Happy New Year! I’m back from Christmas in the disappointingly un-snowy Buffalo, NY. Getting my wordcount, uh, counted for 2011, looking at goals and stuff in 2012, planning a big blog post and end of the year show, and then…

I saw this on Twitter. Writer’s Digest 101 Best Web Sites for Writers is [...]

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ISBW #229 – NK Jemisin Interview

By On December 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Interview, Podcast

From World Fantasy Con, I speak to NK Jemisin outside a coffee shop (pardon the ambient noises).

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For the Fabulists – Happy Holidays!

By On December 19, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Extras, Fabulist

As a thank you to the fabulists, I will be posting goodies here through the holidays starting today!

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ISBW Video Special- NaNoWriMo Debriefing

By On December 19, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Extras, Podcast, Video

Video is still tough, I admit it. But the lesson is still pertinent- so you didn’t “win” NaNoWriMo. What now?

NaNoWriMo Debriefing

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ISBW Video! Needing Permission

By On December 8, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Extras, Podcast, Video

A video about permission. (Yeah, I recorded it a while ago.)

Audio isn’t great, but I’ve learned a lot in the past month, and future episodes will be awesome.

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The grand marketing blog post read

By On December 8, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Non-ISBW

IN my attempt to follow the links I’ve starred and then ignored (see yesterday’s post), I tried to start back in ’09 (I told you it was a problem.) That’s when I discovered that the shortening link services are apparently a short term solution, and they don’t last. 90% of the links I tried [...]

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My newest project: Marketing

By On December 7, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Non-ISBW

Yeah, yeah, I’ve marketed before. But I realized something recently: I have a bad Twitter habit. Not in using Twitter itself, but in favoriting tweets to go back and read their links later. I usually do this on my phone so I don’t have to worry about loading a website, or when I have enough [...]

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(More) Gifts for Writers

By On December 6, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Musings

Frequently retweeted on Twitter this morning was this story of gifts to get writers. While I totally agree with the problem of blank books, I’m not sure I agree with the rest. Some of the gift ideas, like lipstick, were geared toward women – which seemed unfair. Other advice was the latest cheesy bestseller, [...]

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Uncanny Valley in Storytelling

By On December 5, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Musings

People laugh at scifi geeks, that we can accept homicidal computers and aliens and FTL travel, but if a machine gun uses the wrong caliber, we are screaming for blood. (Trust me. I was moderator of a gaming forum when The Matrix came out. Virtual reality and killer AIs, sure. Machine gun on a helicopter [...]

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For the Fabulists- Needing Permission

By On December 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fabulist, Podcast, Video

A video about permission. (Yeah, I recorded it a while ago.)

Audio isn’t great, but I’ve learned a lot in the past month, and future episodes will be awesome.

Regular ISBW viewers will get it next week!

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