The underground music scene
Steinert Hall from Andrew Vella on Vimeo. I found this fascinating. There’s an old concert hall 40 feet under Boylston Street in Boston. And sadly, it’ll never be refurbished and … Continue reading
Where’s the game-changing technology for the way we make fiction?
Really enjoying David Byrne’s book, How Music Works — something of a compendium of his thoughts on everything from sound physics to the business of making and selling music. In … Continue reading
4000 Vietnamese can’t be wrong — Vote for Yesterday Road!
Hey gang! Just a friendly reminder that The 50 Self-Published Books Worth Reading contest is still in progress, and you can vote for Yesterday Road here (or via the sidebar … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, What The Hell!
Is it a whole year already? My goodness, how time flies when you’re obsessively marketing your own self-published novel! I must admit, my What The Hell experience has been, shall … Continue reading
John Updike nails it
This little snippet from John Updike is something of a wake-up call. It’s tempting to go on and on about the state of the literary novel in America today, about … Continue reading
Meet Guest Author Susan M. Toy
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
? I have been a bookseller, an award-winning publishing sales representative, a literacy teacher, and a promoter of fellow authors…
Haiku for the hell of it
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Kinda makes you think
Just started reading David Byrne’s How Music Works and landed on a quote he pulled from musician David Rothenberg: “Life is far more interesting than it needs to be, because … Continue reading
Max Scratchmann is doing his part to make me famous
The eminently talented Max Scratchmann, who did the cover illustration for Yesterday Road, has added that image to his Indie Wall of Fame. There you’ll find a number of his … Continue reading
Alice Hoffman sez writing novels is a cinch!
This assemblage of tips from novelist Alice Hoffman purports to show you how to write a novel. To summarize: 1) Start with an image. 2) Write lists (random words mainly). … Continue reading
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