Do you know the difference between a real writer and a hobbyist?
by OFW Editor-In-Chief Renee Miller
Fact is, you can write to amuse yourself and still call yourself a writer.
There’s little difference between someone who writes occasionally and someone who writes daily. Time or quantity is not the defining factor, folks.
Read the Top Ten Signs that you might be a real writer at OnFictionWriting.com, then join the discussion and add a few of your own.
We’d love to hear from you.
This is the very last place I want to see a grammatical error.
Fair enough.
Huh, there’s an irony mark? Cool.
The irony mark or irony point ( ⸮ ) (French: point d’ironie) is a punctuation mark proposed by the French poet Alcanter de Brahm (alias Marcel Bernhardt) at the end of the 19th century used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level (e.g. irony, sarcasm, etc.). It is illustrated by a small, elevated, backward-facing question mark. [Wikipedia]
Excerpt from Writer’s Companion and a chance to win a free e-book.
submitted by modestlybold
See, you’re clearly asking the wrong foreigners/Americans about this. Because in the deep Southern states? We will deep-fry a dirt clod if it lays still long enough, and smothering things in gravy is not far behind. Some of us may ask you what the fuck a “cheese curd” is, but once that’s clarified, I’m almost shocked we didn’t come up with it ourselves.
Shit, everyone knows after you finish the chicken in a DQ chicken strip basket, you dip your fries in any leftover gravy.
Welcome back to the Oracle series. Yesterday we explained the first prediction Carlos and I shared in the Writer’s Companionabout where the publishing industry will be in ten years. For the entire list (so you can properly build your argument for or against our predictions) check out my guest post over in Rita’s World. Clive’s got quite a show planned for you all later, but only if you behave. Now, let’s get to Prediction #2:
E-publishing with reputable publishers will be as hard to access for new writers as traditional publishing is right now.
Let’s face it, this is inevitable. The market is awash with manuscripts, a few sublime, some good, but most of them unreadable. Traditional publishers will embrace e-publishing with a vengeance and other publishers, those whose livelihood will depend exclusively on e-book sales, will have to be selective and offer good products to stay afloat. …click the link above to read more.
I’ve gotten organized and swept the cobwebs that seem to breed like rednecks here on The Edge. By the way, since I am a redneck, that statement is not offensive. We really are prolific breeders. Anyway, pull up a seat. Not on the couch, that’s my spot. Okay fine, sit. Here, Clive’s made margaritas for all of us.
Let’s get to the Oracle.
Recently I was a guest over at Rita’s World, where I shared what Carlos and I predict will happen within the publishing industry in the next decade. Go on over to jump into the discussion.
Here on the Edge, I wanted to expand on our predictions and share the logic behind them, which we’ve laid out in the Writer’s Companion. These were not just guesses that we pulled from a hat, or even out of our asses (or ass?), although sometimes we find fascinating things there.
But seriously, our predictions are based on our collective experience and a ton of research. Does it make us any more accurate than someone pulling a guess out of an ass? Not likely. But just for shits and giggles, let’s pretend we might just have a point.
Today we’ll look at prediction #1:
E-publishing will overtake traditional publishing.
As we state in the Companion, there are four kinds of books: Reference, leisure, keepsakes and educational.
…Read more at the link above.
By Katrina Lee Monroe
Usually, when I tell someone that I’m a fiction writer, the reactions fall within two categories:
1) “That’s great. Will you read my book?”
2) “Writing’s not really ‘work.’ You just put something on paper and publish it, right? Then you’re rolling in the money like Stephen King or Nora Roberts. I should write a book.”
*Collective writer cringe*
Read more at the link above
