Normally, I do everything I can to “fight the machine” when it comes to the decline of paper publishing. I buy actual newspapers, real books, and still keep paper journals. But even I have to admit that there is a neverending supply of absolutely phenomenal reading resources on the internet; who would I be to deprive anyone of terrific sites when I come across them?
NewPages.com proclaims “Good Reading Starts Here,” and I can’t help but agree. Check them out, I guarantee you’ll enjoy yourself.
Thank you, Sharon! Now to stem the laughter…and wish these books really existed…
(original posting at OnMyList.com)
Um, fair warning, these aren’t exactly Rated G!
People have told me for years that were I to write stories centered around my extended family, I’d have bestsellers on my hands. Of course, I’d have to sell them as fiction, because no one would believe any of it to be true, but that’s an entirely different matter.
The one question I struggle with is this: when writing is “inspired” by real-life, how much can we pull from real people before we require permission? Do I need to inform my insanely neurotic, outrageously interfering and pathologically hypocritical grandmother that character Z is based on her? Or can I just smile demurely and shake my head with wide-eyed innocence and ask why on earth she would recognize herself in such a person?
Where is the line?
I have recently become a huge fan of several online magazines, or e-zines. As you all know, I can’t stumble across a good thing and not share it, so each week I will feature a new ezine which you must check out. Right now, run run run!
This week’s star is:
Writer’s Weekly.com — The standard classic, with the highest circulation of any freelance ezine in the world, the Writer’s Weekly is chock-full of excellent freelance job market opportunities and weekly news stories about the writing world. Also, when you subscribe, you can also receive the ebook, How to Be a Freelance Writer (with 103 paying markets!) for free.
Follow the link above, or copy/paste http://www.writersweekly.com into your browser, and enjoy!
