I got an email today telling me that several publishers are going to be sending me money to make up for screwing over me (their end customer), to try to stop Amazon’s Kindle editions from eating into their hardback prices. They did this by refusing to allow Amazon to sell the ebooks unless they did… Continue reading Amazon and the agency model
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People identify with fantasy more if you can get the story closer to their daily lives. Richard Matheson
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If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. Neil Gaiman (in “The Ocean At The End of the Lane”
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I want the reader to feel that I’m telling the story to him or her in particular. Isabelle Allende, in”Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How AnO Why They Do What They Do” by Meredith Maran
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“Forever — is composed of nows —” (see also: “some day”… – JD) Emily Dickinson
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“People often assume short stories are easier to write because they’re, well, short! But it takes a particular skill to establish mood, character and tone in quick strokes, and tell a story which leaves a lasting impression. “These stories open windows on worlds which seem familiar but, through fiction, which is tightly written, reflect those… Continue reading Untitled
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I suppose the more you have to do, the more you learn to organize and concentrate—or else get fragmented into bits. I have learned to use my ‘ten minutes’. I once thought it was not worth sitting down for a time as short as that; now I know differently and, if I have ten minutes,… Continue reading Untitled
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Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already I am. Thomas Mertonhttp://www.happiness-project.com
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I eventually picked JENNIFER’S PIANO by Ken Elkes because I felt it did everything flash fiction should do. The first line dropped me into the story with perfectly tuned immediacy, and by the end of the second line I knew so much more than the writer had told me. In fact, I’d say that there… Continue reading Untitled
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The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before. Roger Ebert