Marketing: The Language of Symbols (Article) - 6/25/2017 6:17:09 AM
Wonderful advice. And your last statement, "… Takes a lot of work," is very important for the reader to know. There are no real shortcuts to properly marketing your service or work. Beware of those who say they will do it for you for a small fee.
Ron
A Writer’s Guide to Writing Well (Article) - 12/29/2016 6:24:43 AM
Many good points relating to how to become a better writer. I can only add that it takes talent that is innate to be a writer of renown. From grade school on, we all have experienced people who have a talent for writing. Some have their niche sewed up. All others who attempt to write in that niche are just poor imitators. I would suggest that every writer try to develop their own niche for their best writing. While, as you wrote, it is also important to learn everything you can about writing in all of its genres and forms. And, lastly, seek editorial help. Good editing will remove all of the personal idiosyncrasies that creep into our writing and make it less agreeable to readers.
Ron
What can Writers do to Change Society for the Better? (Article) - 12/15/2016 9:00:16 PM
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What can Writers do to Change Society for the Better? (Article) - 12/15/2016 9:45:56 AM
I agree that is one thing to complain, and another to come up with positive ways of solving the problem. I also agree that writers can and should write on social issues that need to be improved. Some of the greatest writings of all time swayed public opinion. Sometimes it required satire like Jonathan Swift or historical fiction like Charles Dickens. And sometimes it touched our sensibility like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Authors have always changed things. We must continue to do so.
Ron
Writer Versus Author (Article) - 12/9/2016 3:47:21 PM
Nice article! I have always felt writer and author meant the same thing, but as you mention, so many think author is superior to writer. I am also an independent author who formed her own publishing entity. It is so frustrating when people decide we aren't "real" writers or authors because of that--or because you haven't published anything at all yet.
Really? I really write novels and short stories. I think that makes me a REAL writer!
Great article! I've bookmarked the page!
Writer Versus Author (Article) - 12/2/2016 8:10:21 AM
Very well thought out, researched and insightful. You are so right about the snobbery and old boys' club of traditional publishing. I don't think that calling oneself an author for publishing a book in any form is a form of accolade. It is merely a description of what one does.
And you are right about the marketplace. Traditional publishing is nearly dead and what is replacing it is still being formulated. The Internet, and particularly, social networking sites like Authors' Den and marketplaces like Amazon, give many avenues for people to write and to put what they write before the world in what they call, "My site," even if they don't have a website of their own like you and I do.
Like any emerging marketplace, there are many taking advantage of the uninitiated by publishing their crap in the form of hardcover, softcover and ebooks--all for the exchange of money. In fact, online print on demand (POD) publishers and scam sites like poetry.com far outnumber legitimate ones and are laughing all the way the bank with all the so-called writers being taken advantage of for their naivety about publishing.
But the "cream will rise to the top" and those who write well and write legitimately will be recognized if they do not hide their creative light under a bucket.
I am a writer and an author and may never be famous for it. But I take great pleasure in creating original works of art that I sometimes, please others with online and sometimes, publish in a book that can be held in the hand and read. What better thing than this--creativity materialized for all eternity.
Ron
Seasons in the Auditorium (Poetry) - 12/24/2016 6:23:42 AM
It's like hearing the ring masters announcement ... time for bed, little buds. The roots n shoots will be appearing next spring in their rites.
Lovely, lovely poem with such a gentle warmth.
Seasons in the Auditorium (Poetry) - 12/21/2016 9:36:09 AM
A brief look at the seasons as they play out on the stage of life. Uniquely clever.
Ron
Seasons in the Auditorium (Poetry) - 12/20/2016 12:28:35 PM
I envy those who can hibernate all winter. Enjoyed your write.
Michael D.
