Friday, July 15, 2011

Talking Virtual Book Tours with Blanca Beyar - Workflow: Writing

  • Will that be Paper or Plastic? ? Choosing How to Document Your Thoughts

    718 readersby Todd RutherfordWriters struggle. There are two ways about it. Though to the mass of the uninitiated, writing might seem like a lovely little traipse through the flower-filled corners of the mind, such is not the case. Writing is work; time-consuming...

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    Free Dictation Software for Writers

    815 readersThe first draft of this post was dictated using the free Dragon Dictation iPhone app last night. While this GalleyCat editor strolled home and talked into his iPhone, the program automatically transcribed the words you are reading. The uses of dictation software seem endless for writers: you can dictate your notes, emails, Tweets, Facebook post,

  • Kent Anderson

    Best of BTB: Will the ?Real? Andrew Kent Please Stand Up?

    310 readersBeyond the Book has cracked the case: Kent Anderson ?a senior executive for a world-leading science journal ? and Andrew Kent ? author of the well-received Johnny DeNovo detective novel series ? are one and the same man. ?There is a yin and yang between my creative and professional sides,? Anderson admits. ?I?m always dabbling

  • Slaying Writer Dragons: Epic Skill #2, Emotional Prowess

    Slaying Writer Dragons: Epic Skill #2, Emotional Prowess

    2899 readersWelcome back, you epic writers, you. For the last two weeks, we?ve been talking about why it?s necessary to make every project into a big bad dragon you have to fight, and what you can do to make yourself better at fighting said dragon. This week?s lesson: How to kick some emotional butt. Put the Freud down.

  • Gentlemen, Choose Your Weapons

    1625 readersWriting tools can affect your style. In the days of quill and dip pens, the length of sentences (or at least, phrases) was apparently determined by the amount of ink held by the pen, and prose rhythm was dictated by this simple physical constraint. Your eBook: Click here to download the Basic English Grammar ebook. Original

  • Kody Keplinger

    Kody Keplinger on Balancing a Writing Career & College

    680 readersKody Keplinger (pictured, via) debuted with her novel, The Duff at age 18-years-old. She is currently an honors student at Ithaca College where she majors in writing. We caught up with Kody to find out how she balances all the responsibilities of under...

  • The Story Behind The River of Forgetting by Jane Rowan

    4181 readers The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking?s newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors? books or how they got published. Today?s guest is Jane Rowan, author of the memoir, The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse. ????????????????????????????????????????????? It may seem strange, but my book was inspired by pure

  • User?s Manual for a Print Book

    631 readersAs the holiday season filled stockings with eReaders, the Gutenberg Girls published a post entitled How to Operate the New Paper Book You Received for?Christmas. The funny post reminded us of Medieval Helpdesk?a YouTube video with millions of h...

  • Billy Corgan Writing ?Spiritual Memoir?

    739 readersRolling Stone broke the news that Smashing Pumpkins? frontman Billy Corgan is writing a ?spiritual memoir.? In the article, Corgan (pictured, via) described his struggle to write: ?I?ve decided to write this on my own, whi...

  • Agent Sara Crowe?s Call for Young Adult Submissions

    2129 readers Sara Crowe, an agent with Harvey Klinger, Inc, recently posted an in-depth post concerning exactly what she looks for in a young adult submission.? Fascinating stuff, considering this is exactly the kind of thing writers need to see to pinpoint the best fits for their work. Here's some example text from the post: "I?am sure I have said in some places

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