Category: Found Around the Web

High-Income Business Writing Podcast by Ed Gandia

Posted on by Joel D Canfield

[image: Ed Gandia High Income Business Writing]Tom Bentley mentioned Ed Gandia in a recent post. If you’re looking for freelance writing advice, I trust Tom’s judgment. Check Ed out.

Ed Gandia is a successful freelance copywriter, author, speaker and coach—and a great guy (at least from seeing, reading, and hearing him online). His The High-Income Business Writing podcast hosts informative writers talking on practical freelancing topics. He’s the co-author of the bestselling and award-winning book The Wealthy Freelancer, as well as the founder of the International Freelancers Academy.

Rewriting: Head and Heart

Posted on by Joel D Canfield

[image: mystery author Elizabeth Spann Craig]Elizabeth Spann Craig shares an excellent outline of her method for rewriting. It’s short, but involves a lot. While writing should be done straight from the heart, rewrites and revisions will involve a bit more of the structural orderly stuff done best by other parts of your brain.

I’ll soon be doing the rewrite for the sequel to Through the Fog. Once I finish it.

Bookmark this. You’ll want it when you reach this point.

Ali Luke describes her method. Parallels and differences.

Funds for Writers

Posted on by Joel D Canfield

[image: Hope Clark]Tom Bentley mentioned Hope Clark in a recent post. I thought I’d share his comments. Her site and newsletter are intriguing.

Hope Clark has long sent out a writing newsletter that’s been chockablock filled with writing tips, grants and other publishing opportunities for writers. I’ve subscribed for years, and am always delighted, particularly with her thoughtful editorials. She’s also a mystery novelist of some acclaim.

A Special Arrogance for Writers

Posted on by Joel D Canfield

[image: image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1436210 by Billy Alexander http://www.sxc.hu/profile/ba1969″ width=”222″ height=”280″ class=”alignright size-full wp-image-3358]Thinking your fan base is “everyone” is the wrong kind of arrogance.

Knowing that some people won’t get you, but that your fans will be even more delighted to be insiders because of it . . . I guess that’s not arrogance, is it?

The Renegade Writer: Knowing When to Break the Rules

Posted on by Joel D Canfield

[image: Linda Formichelli]Today’s writing resource is Linda Formichelli, one half of the Renegade Writer blog. She has co-authored with Diana Burrell on The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success and The Renegade Writer’s Query Letters That Rock. Linda also wrote Write Your Way Out of the Rat Race…And Step Into a Career You Love

Nice Guys Make Boring Reading

Posted on by Sue L Canfield

[image: edges]Great character advice from Steven Pressfield in the form of a question:

“How close are they to the edge?”

When a character teeters on a knife-edge, we can’t take our eyes off them.

My characters feel a bit safe. For my light mysteries, that’s okay. For the deeper Chandleresque cozy I’m working on, Jake needs to be closer to the edge.

But wait and see what “edge” he’s close to.

Dave Bricker: Writing is Design

Posted on by Joel D Canfield

[image: avoid boring words]Dave Bricker specializes in interior design and layout for books. This doesn’t stop him from being a writer as well. A writer who brings design sense to his word choice.

You can, too.

Writing is Design: Boring Words & Generic Descriptions — Not Nice!

Favorite Bits of Storytelling Advice, and Questioning Maslow

Posted on by Joel D Canfield

Art Holcomb posting at Larry Brooks’ StoryFix blog: Smart list of 20 things you may not have thought about when writing. I particularly like #5. How ’bout you?

[image: photo http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1242703 by Leonardo Barbosa http://www.sxc.hu/profile/leonardobc]

Steven Pressfield: Blowing Off Maslow Here’s my take: we often confuse our “wants” with Maslow’s “needs.” Where Maslow says “food” we want to read “eating out” or at least “eating well.” Where Maslow says “shelter” we see a 3-car garage, or at least, a home we own rather than rent.

Maslow was right. We just twist his research into excuses not to do the work of making art. But go read the article at Steve’s site and see what you think.