I have begun to notice the over use of italics in fiction. It's always bugged me but lately it seems to be on the rise. So I am going to say it now and you are free to disagree. New writers, if your "literary style," involves italics as a means to show what your characters …
Month: March 2012
Editing the Undead
Writing a novel is the entertaining part. The real excitement comes when it is time to begin the editing process. And i do mean process. Never kid yourself into thinking that one time past your eyes doth an edit make. You are also kidding yourself if you think you can edit while you are creating …
Watch “So You Want to Write a Novel” on YouTube
This is too funny and sadly too true in our current world. I just had to share this. https://www.youtube.com/v/c9fc-crEFDw Posted from WordPress for Android
Designing a Front Cover
Writers are often the last person consulted about the cover for their work. In most cases the publisher turns the responsibility over to the graphic artists in the marketing department. Independent writers are their own marketing department so coming up with an interesting and attractive cover falls to us and is either a benefit or …
Monday Left-overs
This is a post of mine from the library tech blog, MCLC TechTalk on My Thoughts on the New iPad. Short summary, it is a really neat device but it does little that is new or different from what iPads already do. I always felt the iPad was a great device but a poor computer. For many …
My Other Pastime
In addition to my writing I also make time for playing guitar. I am a member of the Desert Blues Project, a Blues band based in Goodyear. We have some shows coming up in March that I wanted to let readers of this site know about and encourage you to stop by. Friday, March 9 …
I Never Promised You an E-book
The big news this past week in library-land is the price hike Random House initiated for e-books sold to libraries. For those keeping score Random House was one of the few publishers still selling e-books to libraries. Though I imagine tripling the price will leave fewer libraries with the coin to buy from them. Truth …
This is What It’s All About
For me the most satisfying part of being a writer is when you have that pile of pages in front of you. All your work, your creativity is there in a stack of black marks on paper. You can talk sales and reviews and signings, but for me it's still all about that stack of …
Vincent A. Alascia 