A Bouquet of Articles for Writers & Publishers

I use Google Alerts to help me find interesting articles I can cover on this blog—for Readers, Writers, and Publishers.

After a few months of collecting possible articles, I usually end up with some that I just can’t wrangle into a full post’s coverage—still interesting but I fail at finding enough to say…

Then, like today, I group them up and let you explore :-)

And, even though the title says for Writers & Publishers, I suspect there will be a few non-writing/non-publishing Readers who will find the following four articles interesting.

First is a piece from a reporter who covers the communities of Nixa and Ozark in Missouri, USA for the News-Leader—Trip to mailbox relieves writer’s block.

I do hope he takes to writing creative fiction :-)

Next, a post from someone I’ve referenced here a number of times, Joe Konrath.

His piece, Ethical Roulette, poses many questions about the moral behavior of authors as well as “hysterics, mob behavior, and action motivated by fear or righteous indignation.”

Next is an article called The New Vanity Publishing: Traditional Publishing which gives some compelling facts on why self-publishing is a viable avenue for authors and includes this telling comment: “…writers are willing to forego the benefits of self-publishing for the unshakable belief in the ‘prestige’ of signing on with a ‘real publisher’.”

And last, even though I don’t use Twitter to “promote” my books, 5 Reasons Novelists Should Flock to Twitter.

“Should” and “Flock”?

At least, if you like platforms like Twitter, the reasons are valid :-)

One last thing…

Blogging can sometimes feel like writing in a vacuum—few comments.

So, if you’d like to anonymously register your desire for the kind of posts you’d like to see here, visit this short poll about Reading, Writing, and Publishing.
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