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Book descriptions on alibris are a great help with getting together a logline and a book description for your own (not written or not finished) novel. A solid logline and short book description are the key starting points to effective novel-length storytelling. Once you have these in place, you can constantly refer back [...]

Is this even ENGLISH? I get the Word of the Day emails from M-W.com. Usually, if I don’t know the word, I understand the definition. It’s very rare that the definition actually confuses me more. The etymology of the word is my last resort - in this case it’s [...]

One of my fav local bands, RedHead Betty Takeout, sent an email (see below) asking for naming help for their song.
Give it a listen and see what you come up with. We’re writers! It’s kind of our job, isn’t it, coming up with the right words and names for things? I sent [...]

Since attending podcamp philly, I’ve come upon a bunch of cool new sites lately, like BlipTV, Viddler, Upcoming and Twitter. One in particular is quite fun: StumbleUpon. Stick in the types of websites you’d like to surf to, download a toolbar and click. “Writing” is a category, “Poetry” is a category. [...]

http://www.onewebday.org/?p=252
“what should I do for OneWebDay?” Here’s the one thing: Leave your mark online, directly or indirectly. Do a blog post, or a video, about the most interesting thing you’ve seen online recently. Teach someone how to edit a wiki or send a link to a digital photo. Find a way to help more people [...]

NO, this isn’t about dusting off your old poems - It’s about stuff, and how you can get rid of it (or get it back, working like new!) safely and be totally eco too! Click for some great links.

Video of me at Podcamp. How do I get myself in these situations?
Via Alan from Otaku Generation.

National Novel Writing Month comes soon. Go and register. The forums and chatrooms are fun stuff.

Science Fiction and Romance genres should never, ever meet
Cafe de Nihara: Why Science Fiction and Romance don’t go together…

Hey PodCampPhilly peeps. The principal of my kid’s elementary school said that he’d go for the podcasting (after I explained what it was), but that we need a solid release form for the parents to sign, and he wants to check out other school’s examples. I’ll send him to the Philly School District’s [...]