Paulo Coelho is credited with saying,
'There are only 4 stories...a love story
between 2 people, a love story between 3 people, the struggle for power and the
voyage.'
I am reflecting on this statement, which
really pares back plot, and thinking about where the story swirling around
in my head fits.
Several of my friends have finished big
creative projects and they are in that flat space between ideas. (hey guys, how
about combining all of those...)
Recently I heard a well established fiction
writer say that he gets all his ideas from non fiction and that is all he reads
between his novels.
On Facebook we are joking
with Brian Falkner, a friend of ours who writes excellent YA Science Fiction thrillers, about new discoveries last year in Science, Brian had already
invented them as plot devices in his books. If he dreams it up suddenly it becomes reality.
Ideas, plots, conspiracy theories and character
motivation all swirling around in the blogosphere this week.
Truth is Stranger than Fiction.
Susan Kaye Quinn is interviewed on her new series...which began when she had one of those high concept ideas while
traveling and she had to interview her own muse to find out what happens
next.
Hugh Howey is being referenced all over the
blogosphere again...this week it’s his three rules for writing...
Orna Ross looks at the Vanity Publishing vs Self Publishing. Are they the same? It is all about value.
The brilliant Joel Friedlander has added three new non fiction style templates to his fiction book design templates. If
you are looking at POD check out what Joel is doing...very brilliant stuff.
M J Rose is looking at the book launch that
happens when your books are not in the book store because of a
dispute....Perfect is the Enemy of Good. Great post.
In the Craft section,
Great fiction goes for the guts- Kristen
Lamb with a straight to the point
blog post.
In Marketing,
Pinterest for authors...Jane Friedman takes
a look at how you can use this social media site.
Getting it up and keeping it up-The
conundrum for Indie authors
Bibliocrunch has a how to submit your book to various ebook sites post.
To Finish,
Neil Gaiman has addressed publishers directly at the London Book Fair to tell them what he thinks they should be
doing...making mistakes.
The publishers will probably think he has
lost the plot.
maureen
Pic from DH Wright
