interesting links and such

I wanted to post interesting links I’ve come across today from various venues. Some of the links will be books and publishing related and some will be random. Here goes:HowtoLose20lbs.of Fat in 30Days… Without DoingAny Exercise In the last six weeks, I have cut from about 180 lbs. to 165 lbs., while adding about 10 lbs. of muscle, which means I’ve lost about 25 lbs. of fat. This is the only diet besides the rather extreme Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) that has produced veins across my abdomen, which is the last place I lose fat (damn you, Scandinavian genetics). Here are the four simple rules I followed…Read More 5 situations where it’s better to tell than show in your fiction One piece of writing advice gets held up as more sacred than any...

My 2 Cents: Reader Bias and Emotion

How much does our emotions and current state of mind affect how we feel about a story, what we put into our stories and our reviews. Sometimes when starting a book, it grabs me from the first line and I am truly invested until the end. Other times it takes me chapters into the book before I am vested in the characters and stories. Sometimes I think it’s me. Maybe I don’t feel good, or something is bothering me and I don’t connect with a character or the voice of the story. But I feel badly sometimes because it’s no fault of the author, it’s me so I continue reading. Will a great book break through your personal fog regardless of how you are feeling if it is to be considered a great book, or do you miss out on a good story because...