Most people think that being a best-selling author means you never have financial worries again. Unfortunately that is just not the case for most authors. Unless you’re a big name or you have multiple best-selling books, you’re going to find … Continue reading
Over on the forums of Editor Unleashed, they’ve been polling writers for the past two months about their favorite books for writers. Here are what they have compiled as the 10 best books for writers: On Writingby Stephen King Plot … Continue reading
Well, at least according to a UK research/polling company. Below is the list of books their research and polls determined to be the most inspirational. Not sure I agree with all their results (though I have not read numbers 3, … Continue reading
Here is a good idea gone horribly awry. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your RSS reader, the site you are … Continue reading
Acclaimed author Neil Gaiman was announced on Monday as the 2009 winner of the prestigious John Newbery Medal for his novel “The Graveyard Book”, and it is a more than well-deserved award for the best-selling science fiction and fantasy writer. … Continue reading
Tonight Cindy and I had the pleasure of dinner with our friends Kirk and Laura and Laura’s parents who are in town from Michigan. Being on the road as much as I have been it’s been at least 18 months … Continue reading
Another memoir due to be published in February of 2009 and in line to be chosen by Oprah Winfrey as a future Oprah Book Club choice has turned out to be a hoax. “Angel At The Fence – The True … Continue reading
One of the nice things about being home for a few days is the opportunity to indulge in some reading for pleasure. Nothing work-related, nothing writing-related and no “how to” books or magazines, just pure, undiluted, unadulterated pleasure reading. Of … Continue reading
For quite a while now one of the links on the right side column of this blog has been to First Book, “a nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and … Continue reading
As it is wont to do, my mind was wandering the other day and it wandered upon this little question lying in the overgrown weeds and wildflowers growing next to the tracks of my train of thought; Which celebrity would … Continue reading
Although, for the most part, I was a good kid in school, I did get my share of detentions. Sometimes the teacher who gave you detention was not going to be able to stay after school to preside over it, … Continue reading
Missouri has been home to many famous people; Harry S. Truman, T.S. Eliot, Walter Cronkite, Dick Van Dyke and, one of my favorites, Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known to the world by his pen name Mark Twain, … Continue reading
As you can see from my “What I’m Reading” spot over on the right column, I’m currently reading “Get A Freelance Life” and as someone who has read quite a few books on the subject,I have to say this is … Continue reading
CNN had a piece up yesterday about the Kindle a year after its release. You might recall that I posted about the possible effect and/or alternative of e-readers on traditional book sales last week. I found the statement about J.K. … Continue reading
I receive a variety of book and book-business related e-mails and RSS feeds and they are all in agreement that the downturn of the economy has resulted in a likewise direction for book sales at all the major retailers such … Continue reading
Book-based social networking sites like Shelfari, Goodreads, Bookcrossing and others are being joined by Barnes & Noble with the rollout of its new My B&N site. Like other book social networking sites, My B&N encourages users to create a personal … Continue reading
Spent a good portion of this morning working on continuing to clean up my office and downsize where possible. I took another 35 books off my bookshelves and added them to my Amazon Seller’s List. There are some good deals … Continue reading
I love going into brick and mortar bookstores. Shopping online is incredibly convenient, but it just isn’t the same as walking into a store full of shelves and almost endless amounts of reading material. One of the things I’m looking … Continue reading
I used to do Bookcrossing in another online life, but I have gone over a year here on my own site without setting up a new Bookcrossing identity attached to my own name. I’ve still released books in the wild … Continue reading
This past Monday when I walked into my first manager’s meeting here in Waterloo/Cedar Falls, I scanned the faces of the group of people sitting around the conference table. None of these were people I had worked with before, so … Continue reading
