Several months ago, I did
a WU post on «How to Kick Out a Fast First Draft.»
If you bare your soul in your fiction the same way you do in
your WU posts, I think we're definitely going to see some truly wonderful books with your name on them, finally set free for the world to read!
Not exact matches
There have already been a couple of memorable
posts on profanity here on
WU.
Kathryn's
post today is part of the «All the King's Editors» series, in which
WU contributors will edit manuscript pages submitted by members of the larger
WU community and discuss the proposed changes.
Lisa Cron has
posted some wonderful pieces on backstory placement here at
WU — just Google Lisa Cron and Writer Unboxed and links to her past
postings will come up.
A couple of months ago, a writer
posted a problem on the
WU Facebook page.
With few exceptions, the
posts at
WU are useful to both made writers, and to those working toward becoming made.
Quite simply,
WU receives far more applications for guest - blog
posts than it can possibly accommodate.
But since this is when my
WU slot arises and since my brain refuses to cough up an alternate subject for a
post, it appears we're stuck with seeing this through.
That is the point I was making in a
post here on
WU in February 2014, a
post which got me excoriated by the indie author crowd.
[3] please see this excellent
post by
WU writer Porter Anderson: http://thoughtcatalog.com/porter-anderson/2014/08/8-issues-in-author-ethics/
Barbara O'Neal: The Garden of Happy Endings — new release from one of
WU's own I've loved Barbara's earlier novels and her wise and warm
posts here, so chose this in anticipation of a rewarding and thoughtful story with memorable characters.
[pullquote] For more information about author ethics in relation to self publishing, please see this excellent
post by
WU writer Porter Anderson, where he discusses 8 Issues in Author Ethics.
And to give credit where it's due, I want to note that
WU's Porter Anderson had a lot to do with making sure my original blog
posts were widely seen and promoting the creation of the Code.
Barbara, I am so glad if my
post helps — that's what
WU is all about for me, paying it forward when I have good luck in this crazy business!
By coincidence, my
post for tomorrow here on
WU is on almost exactly the same topic!
I learned a lot about technique from the
WU flash fiction contest last year, and I look forward to reading your
posts, here in the coming year.
I, too, am a publicist and wrote my latest guest
post here on
WU (not with my PR hat on, though) on having a vision (http://writerunboxed.com/2011/08/13/whats-your-vision/), which jibes perfectly with your message here about having a long - term plan for yourself as an author.
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