Some intriguing posts have got me thinking
this week about writing and inspiration and the mixture of the two.
First up Fan Fiction. I remember explaining
to an award winning Young Adult writer here what fan fiction was and how big it
was.
I started reading Harry Potter fan fiction with my daughter when we were desperately waiting for book five...and of course book six... book seven. Sometimes we would look at each other and say 'whoa that reads like J K Rowling wrote it.'
Yes the writers were that good and some went on to have big writing careers of their own.
I started reading Harry Potter fan fiction with my daughter when we were desperately waiting for book five...and of course book six... book seven. Sometimes we would look at each other and say 'whoa that reads like J K Rowling wrote it.'
Yes the writers were that good and some went on to have big writing careers of their own.
Jami Gold has a nice post on fan fiction and what it means to Authors. Do you want fans playing with your characters? Do
you want restrictions? What can you do? Jami tells you the pro’s and con’s.
Publishing Perspectives takes a look at
information gained from their one day mini conference on children’s publishing.
Some interesting insights on what makes great children’s books.
You have to feel for the Russian Children’s
writers. They have the same number of bookshops in Russia as in 1913. No awards
for their work and no advertising of children’s books. Book Expo America has a
Russian focus this year and Denis Abrams spotlights the struggles of their children’s publishing community. (and you thought you had it bad...)
Invent a Digital Reader then invent
software for writers to create exclusive content. Apple did it with iBooks now
Barnes and Nobel are doing it for the KOBO but with a difference...they want
authors to play the KoboWriting Game.
Earn points and badges if you sell overseas...It
is still being trialled at the moment...get the scoop here.
Kristen Lamb takes a look at Facebook and
now that it is public what is happening to fan pages.. Facebook could potentially hold your page to ransom as they have to earn money for shareholders.
How do you get around it. This applies to you if you have an author fan page.
Writers Digest have posted a list of seven things that will doom your novel...hopefully you are not guilty of any of
these.
A standout post this week for me was this
one. How I went from writing 2000 words a day to 10000. This is quite mind blowing in
its simplicity and you will smack your forehead...
The WANA group/tribe, (We Are Not Alone)
was started by Kristen Lamb a few years ago as an online twitter hangout for
writers to share success etcetc. Kirsten is taking it up a notch and has
created an online community social network site with classes...
forums...resources and she has tapped into some great people to help her do
this. Go and take a look.
Talli Rowland has a great post on dreams and the shifting goalposts of publishing. Have your publishing dreams changed
in the last few years...are you having trouble just finding the goalposts....
Tali will help you make sense of it all.
Today the news came through of Ray
Bradbury’s death. All those in the Sci Fi community mourn the loss of one of
the giants of the genre. Neil Gaimen wrote a piece of what Ray Bradbury meant to him and it sums up what the sci fi community are feeling. One of the great legacies of Ray Bradbury is that tech he dreamed up became inspirations for the science community to build...so if you are reading this on a flat touch screen...Ray thought it up first!
R.I.P. Ray Bradbury.
