When authors dislike a colleague, they really know how to deliver the message to the world. Who can describe beauty and kindness, or ugliness and stupidity better than authors? Because they are writers, they tend to deliver their message in writing, which makes our job easier to correctly quote them. … Read >
Category: Writing
When You Think You Are Writing, What Do You Really Do?
A funny infographic Time Breakdown of the Writing Process made me think about book writing process. From my own experience, I knew that only a fraction of time allocated for writing really is productive writing time. But how small fraction of time, and what other tasks writing involves? Since writing … Read >
The Most Desired Jobs in Britain Are Author, Librarian and Academic
In many countries books, authors, and avid readers are appreciated and respected. Even though writers are usually respected, everyone who has tried writing as a profession knows how hard work it is, and how few writers can make a living by writing alone. In Britain, however, author, librarian and academic … Read >
Authors Don’t Have to Sit down to Write Fabulously
Sitting still at a keyboard and typing away for hours and hours a day is necessary from time to time, but if a writer works this way for long periods back ache, sore shoulders and stiff neck may become problems. This is exactly why some authors occasionally try and write … Read >
In Addition to Writing Well, It Doesn’t Hurt to Master These Skills
It is true that published authors have other skills besides their ability to write well. The important thing is that getting published is not black magic – if you approach it like a business or a large project at work where you really want to succeed, you see the big … Read >