An interesting and saddening (to book lovers) article from the Phoenix New Times. Anyone involved in publishing and book selling already knows about the industry-wide practice of stripping printed book covers, sending the covers back to the publisher or distributor for credit, and trashing the rest of the book. As a writer, I cringe at…
Read More Where do books go?The witty and fabulous Kate Lowell just tagged me for the Very Inspiring Blog Award. Thanks Kate. I’ll try to live up to the high standards placed upon me (cough cough.) I’m supposed to share seven facts about myself. Er, that is, things I can share in a public forum. Then list the blogs and sites…
Read More Very Inspiring Blogs (and sites)I’m joining such august company as John Scalzi, Cory Doctorow, and Popehat, so I feel included in the wave of righteous anger spilling over the internet right now. This stands to get me in more trouble, but I feel so strongly about it that I must post. I simply must. To that end: Space Marine…
Read More $pace Marin3Okay, now that I have the attention of the four or five non-spammers who actually read this blog, here are the details. My insanely talented and prolific friend and fellow author L.A. Witt is hosting a book giveaway over on her blog. Here’s her reasoning: “Know anyone who hasn’t tried reading M/M romance, but might like…
Read More Gay Romance book giveawayEtsy.com and Amanda McKittrick Ros are brilliant examples of the Dunning-Kruger Effect, “a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.” Or, in street-speak, “You are not only not as talented/smart/beautiful as you think you are,…
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