Aspiring Writers Info: About Royalty Statements

And yes, professional writers, if you've missed this post, you need to read it. It's from writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch, an astute eye on the writing industry as a whole as well as a talented writer and editor. This essay is an update on royalty statements. She did a post last year on the topic, and here's what has changed (or not) since then.

Sadly, her site was hacked the day this post went up. Was it because a script kiddie saw she had high numbers on Thursdays, and posted malware to her site? Was it because someone didn't want the post to be seen? Unknown at this time. But this IS a post you should read, professional writer or aspiring writer. I've linked to it at the always interesting The Passive Voice, who is among many mirroring Kris's post.

I will confess that this is causing me to make a list of my "will compromise" and "won't compromise" items for book negotiation. Wondering if I'm going to be self-publishing from now on.

There's no link to Kris's blog right now because her other sites are under attack, too. You might give her the rest of the weekend to scrub the place. But you can find her through the search engines later -- and her blog is well worth your time!

Aspiring Writers Info: Why People Read.

Yes.

Aspiring Writers Info: Analyzing Your Novel's Audience

Writer David Farland has another interesting post on understanding the structure of your work, and of successful work. I thought this blog post well work my time. Recommended!

Now THIS is useful technology!

Solving two problems at once -- the cost of WIFI and people cleaning up after their pets -- may I introduce you to POO WIFI?

Yes, it's just what it sounds like, and a tidy station, too.

Of course, I think too much. This will figure into a movie, where someone can't get a pet to cooperate, desperately needs to send email, and retires behind the bushes to take care of the problem himself. (I suspect a himself -- although I suppose it depends on how desperate the person is to send email.) And then there's paying homeless people for contributions.

The writing mind never sleeps!

To Web Designers Creating Forms --

Single women living alone do not put their address anywhere on the internet that is not a totally secure form. Some, like me, use a PO Box. So -- if you want me to use your site, enter your contest, comment on your articles, then allow PO Boxes.

When I have a separate office address again, I'll use that. In the meantime, I'm the only one in my PO Box. So it's not a group trying to spam you.

Thank you.