2012 was a year of change for me. Not in the writing I did, but in my views as a writer. I didn’t realize it until looking back over the year. I wouldn’t go as far as saying everything I thought about writing changed this year, but in the change that happened I found myself […]
Archives for December 2012
Check Your Head
As the end of the year closes, I find myself deleting a lot of people I once followed on social media sites. People claiming that it’s all about the message, but freaking out because people aren’t doing what they want online. I read something from a prominent blogger (Chris Brogan, who does seem like a […]
Doomsday Sunshine
The world didn’t end today. I almost hate writing something about the supposed end according to the Maya that was never real from the start. But I try seeing good even in ridiculous things. As goofy as it is giving credence to the belief that the world would end today, if you pretend it was […]
The Necessary Provisions
I recently wrote about focusing on what I really want to write vs. what has a better chance of selling. It hasn’t always been the easy choice, but it’s been the right choice and not without its rewards. I’ve made decisions some might question: “Why would you spend all that time on difficult novels when […]
The Death of Books
Books are dead; long live the e-reader! Nobody reads anymore, so why bother writing? By the time 2015 rolls around, publishing will be dead! Why in the world would anyone open a bookstore these days?! I’ve heard all this (and more) said about the industry. Being a realist, I know things aren’t the way they […]