All For One, One For All: Not Just A Cliché

My first non-fiction book on writing is blog-touring for a couple of weeks, so I felt it was fitting to also post said blog here, in my own personal space, exactly as (hopefully) printed on the other sites. I hope you writers out there read this. I wrote this book for YOU. I don’t know […]

 

Captcha or Made In China; I Can’t Decide Which Is Worse

If you’ve ever left a comment on any blog, store website, fan page, or any other Internet site, you’ve likely screamed in agony at Captcha. It is the program that requires you to enter “the two words” before the website can determine if you are or are not a bot. (For those of you new […]

 

“The Funny Adventures of Little Nani” Blog Tour (Cinta Garcia)!

On May 18, 2013, in Blog Tour, CINTA GARCIA, Guest Posts, Little Nani Book, by rsguthrie

BLOG TOUR – LITTLE NANI REVISITED                 Thank you for visiting this wonderful blog today so you can know a bit more about Little Nani, her stories, her world, and her author. OK, her author is not as interesting as Little Nani, but what can we do? They go hand in hand, so […]

 

Even The Mighty Smaug Had A Weak Underbelly

My magnum opus received a rejection today, not for publication, but rather, that it was not qualified for a review by any “reviewers” on the website “The New Podler Review of Books: Small Press and self-published books worth reading”. Now I don’t remember ever submitting a review request to this site, although it’s possible. I […]

 

Summer Sales Upon Us?

On May 15, 2013, in CALEB PIRTLE, Indie Authors, Motivation, Sales, STEPHEN WOODFIN, Success, Summer, by rsguthrie

My previous post was a bit heavy (as they will at times be) so I thought I would follow-up with something carrying “Summer” in the title. I’m unusually happy that Winter is behind us (by the way, I know that seasons aren’t technically capitalized, but I can’t help but find myself thinking that is wrong—am […]

 

Motherless Day

On May 12, 2013, in Holidays, by rsguthrie

It’s a tough day for us, from any angle. Both my wife and I have already lost our mothers (and fathers, and all our grandparents). I was very close with my mother. When I had cancer in 2002 she would come by my house every day and just sit with me. We could talk four […]

 

The Next Big Thing

On May 9, 2013, in Alex O'Loughlin, Blog Chain, Interviews, The Next Big Thing, by rsguthrie

I don’t usually do the “blog chains”, mostly because by the time they get to me everyone who’s willing to do one has done it already and/or they want the blogger to find like seven or eight other bloggers (impossible for me; I’m too impatient), but when friend and fellow author, Robin Nolet, asked me, […]

 

Word Count, In A Word? Worthless.

As most of you know from previous posts, comments I’ve made, and for the mind-readers out there, that I believe the faithful old writer’s term “word count” is about as useful to the quality of a book as is the words “pigeon shit”. Now pardon my New York Central Park language, but what in the […]