Friday, November 19, 2010

Recommended Links

"A Few Words on Professionalism" by Anne Rainey
Three Wicked Writers blog
http://threewickedwriters.blogspot.com/2010/11/over-years-ive-seen-authors-do-lot-of.html

Every author and aspiring author should read and follow this advice. Writing is a profession, you can help yourself be successful by being professional.

All About Japanese Tentacle P*rn" by Cecil Adams
http://www.connectsavannah.com/news/article/103215/

Well, it actually makes sense once he explains. "Till 1993 Japanese law prohibited depictions of penises and intercourse. So Maeda was obliged to come up with a substitute: tentacles."

Dorchester Hires New CEO; Sets New Plan (Publishers Weekly) 11/16/10
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/45199-dorchester-hires-new-ceo-sets-new-plan.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly's+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=3b719fa7b1-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email

It's very sad, but it looks more and more like Dorchester is not going to survive. They launched a lot of great writers, and have always put out some excellent fantasy and paranormal romance.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the link to A. Rainey's blog. I'd heard it about and was looking for it.