When you have a quiet moment enjoy this beautiful rendition of “Silent Night” from Placido Domingo and The PianoGuys.
Silly Saturday – Dec. 19, 2015
I couldn’t resist posting this oldie but goodie. Silent Monks singing!
Fun Fridays – Dec. 18, 2015
A beautiful song. Perfect for the season. Turn up your volume, close your eyes, and be transported. HT: Kim Moore
Joy to the World?
The angel said, “I bring you good tidings of great joy!” We really need some of that these days. With Paris and San Bernardino still in the news cycle we are reminded of the evil among us. And then this past week I received a series of bad news from industry friends. A publishing friend lost his home to a fire. A client called to say they’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma which is a cancer …
Fun Fridays – Dec. 11, 2015
This could be this year’s most popular Christmas story video. Enjoy! HT: Kim Moore
Five Things that Changed the Publishing World
Over the past twenty-five years ago there have been five things that changed the landscape of the publishing industry forever (the first three below happened in 1995). Amazon.com Dan Balow wrote an excellent piece on this earlier this year. It still is quite astounding when you think about it. In 20 years this little online startup (founded 1995) became the most dominant online retailer in the …
Fun Friday – December 4, 2015
A great trio to start the first week of Advent with incredible acapella singing.
Avoid Weak Words
Below is a great infographic detailing some weak words and how to fix them. Do you agree with this exercise or not? Do you have anything you can add to it? Years ago I had to strike the word “very” from an author’s manuscript because it had been used far too many times. In a very funny email the author replied with the word “very” typed over 500 times. The author said …
Fun Fridays – Nov. 27, 2015
Enjoy this Thanksgiving song with a melody that will be implanted in your mind for the rest of the day! You are welcome.
How to Write Fiction that Lives – a TED-Ed presentation
Earlier this week the TED-Ed site released a good four minute animated video narrated by Nalo Hopkinson on writing great fiction. Once you are done watching you can take a short quiz and even go deeper on the Ted-Ed site (click here for the quiz). Enjoy