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By David Niall Wilson, on November 30th, 2010

If you go back a year or two and read over what I’ve been saying all along about electronic books, eReaders, and the digital revolution, you’ll see that I am the sort of creature that evolves along with the world around me. I am first and foremost (as the title of this blog suggests) a [...]

Why digital publishing didn't catch on 10 years ago--and why it might now.

By Bev Vincent, on August 17th, 2010

Ten years ago, publishers and agents thought digital publishing was going to take over the industry. It didn’t, but the advent of inexpensive book readers means that the digital format stands a better chance of succeeding this time [...]

Thomas Sullivan: WHO’S THE STIFF, THE GANG OF 5 & AN ADAM ‘N’ EVE SLEEPING BAG

By Thomas Sullivan, on January 15th, 2010

Who you were at your best moment is always who you can be again. Kind of like summiting a mountain, it becomes a benchmark. You’ve proven you can reach that far, be that person, do that thing – a minimum standard of excellence that cannot be taken away from you. That applies pretty much to [...]

Thomas Sullivan: SEA LIONS IN COFFINS, GETTING LOST & WRITING WITHOUT WORDS

By Thomas Sullivan, on December 16th, 2009

Pssst…me again. Thought I’d check in on you. See what kind of problems you got today. No problems? That’s a problem. You’re an adventurer, a thinker, a romantic, a thrillseeker — something in a Walter Mitty fantasy that needs an adrenaline feed. You need a problem. Well…to be precise, you need a problem and a [...]

Thomas Sullivan: “HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY…” or MURDERING YOUR MUSE

By Thomas Sullivan, on November 16th, 2009

Love that George Jones song. If you have an ounce of passion in you for anything, a single unblemished ideal, or if you feel a poignant stab in the heart for any kind of perfection, then you understand what’s behind that song.

Writers get it. Real writers. Lovers of the Muse. When you want something [...]

Thomas Sullivan: JIGSAW PUZZLES, INNERMOST ROOMS & A BED OF ROSES

By Thomas Sullivan, on October 16th, 2009

I remember overhearing my mother tell someone how as a boy I used to set up jigsaw puzzles in different rooms. And it’s funny, but as an adult I never thought about myself doing this until she said that. The thing that made it bizarre if not downright dysfunctional in a personality sense was that [...]

The Truth in Consequences

By Gerard Houarner, on April 4th, 2007

(I apologize for posting this late. I literally forgot Gerard sent it to me because he posted it in the body of an e-mail, and when I got to looking and didn’t see an attached file, I … well, anyway…here it is…sorry it’s late – DNW)

by Gerard Houarner

In an effort to be at say [...]

Cliche Guilt – What If I just Like To Read This Stuff?

By Gerard Houarner, on March 4th, 2007

Gerard Houarner

Early in February, a thread on the Shocklines board exploded for a few hours as the subject apparently touched a nerve among many readers: people were asked to list five storyline cliches that really irritated them. Our fellow unplugged storyteller Jim Moore started the thread in part as research for his own [...]

The Five Percent Solution

By Gerard Houarner, on February 4th, 2007

by Gerard Houarner

By a happy coincidence, this one follows up Elizabeth’s great essay from a few days ago, though takes a different track (which is scary, because you never really want to wander too far off a trail blazed by Ms Massie, but I’m brave, or perhaps a little too much like [...]

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