Amazon announced in their ever-familiar web store juggernaut way that their book-reader–the Kindle–is overtaking hardcover book sales by a whole lot more than some people care to admit. Over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover [...]
Today marks the day that I spotlight one of my favorite authors for the first time. I hope to have a few more Author Spotlights in the future to give you an idea of where I’m coming from as both a consumer and an aspiring author. I find that while I love literature, I don’t [...]
I finally did it. I took the plunge and printed my entire NaNoWriMo novel on good old fashioned tree chunks. That’s right, I’m going analog, folks! According to a large amount of people on the NaNo forums, editing on paper is a whole lot easier and more rewarding. They say that it allows you to [...]
I am writing to officially congratulate myself on winning NaNoWriMo 2009, admittedly much too late. November came and went with a whirlwind of letters churning my brain to a pulp. I’m glad it’s over. I can’t wait for next November. In the 6 months since I finished with my 50,004 word rough draft, I have [...]
NaNoWriMo couldn’t have picked a worse month for me. I’m sure that’s what I would say if it was in October, or January, or June. But this month is still a bad month. For instance, October was extremely sparse. I had nothing on the calendar, and I was playing World of Warcraft much more than [...]