Inkygirl: Daily Diversions For Writers

Woohoo, we get our new house tomorrow! We’re going to turn part of the currently unfinished basement into my office. I’m pretty hyped, since it will be twice as big as my old office. More shelf space!
I probably haven’t mentioned this before, but I love getting postcards, and plan to decorate part of my new [...]

Lynn Viehl has a blog entry about writers’ quotes. One of my favourites:
“I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.” - Ernest Hemingway

Travel Writers: the travails of travel writing is the blog of award-winning travel writer Carl Parkes, whose guidebooks have been published by Avalon Travel and National Geographic. His blog includes tips for travel writers, travel writer workshops and book reviews, travel writing job openings, travel writer profiles, and other info of interest. His list of [...]

Going offline for Victoria Day weekend, so no updates until next week.
Have a great weekend, everyone!

In his blog A Writer’s Life, Lee Goldberg posts some Publisher’s Weekly stats from iUniverse. “Out of 18,000 books iUniverse published in 2004, only 83 titles sold at least 500 copies and a mere 14 showed up on the shelves of Barnes & Noble. That’s the reality, folks.”

I recently posted a poll asking how some of you managed your Internet time to stay productive. I’ve compiled answers in this Blatherings entry. Some of your solutions:
- Use a timer to keep track of how much time you spend surfing.
- Setting a work goal and only allowing non-work surfing when you reach that goal.
- [...]