Last week -- was it only last week? -- I wrote about how I was finding myself forced to take some downtime after finishing a novel. That need has pretty much passed, only to be replaced by the body numbing exhaustion that came from a weekend filled with graduation and commissioning activities for my son.... Continue Reading →
A settlement and another cry of “foul” from the peanut gallery
There are days when I really wonder if I'm the writer or if I'm actually a character living in some writer's head -- and the writer is a mean SOB who likes to torment me with little things meant to drive me insane. The first one of those "why me?" moments happened the other day... Continue Reading →
Will another one bite the dust?
One day, I'd love to be able to sit down and do the research for my next MGC post and realize legacy publishers hadn't just done something to make me want to bang my head against the wall. For one thing, my head hurts. For another, I have a very hard head and I'm getting... Continue Reading →
The Glamour’s Worn Thin
by Amanda S. Green I'm a little late posting this morning because I've been going round and round about what to write. Dave did such a wonderful job yesterday discussing his thoughts on Mike Shatzkin's blog about what he thinks will happen if the Department of Justice's possible antitrust investigation into Apple and five of... Continue Reading →
Dice are rolling, the knives are out
by Amanda S. Green Let me start with an apology to Sarah for channeling the soundtrack to Evita this morning. But, as I try to put this post together, that scene from the musical is what comes to mind. Except this time, the players are the big publishers and Apple. The publishers, in the role... Continue Reading →
Mad Genius Club 