Tag Archives: Twitter
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART is totally bonkers
Guest post by Abby Wilson Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was released in 1983 and sold about 6 million copies. If I remember correctly—and I might not since I wasn’t alive at the time—that was achieved without iTunes. People … Continue reading
Filed under 2 Music Video Monday
Build your own Writing Monster (Part 2 of Why critique groups MUST DIE)
Conventional wisdom is conventionally wrong. Nowhere is this more true than in the fields of writing, social media and publicity — three lands where tradition and mythology rule the day. Those who haven’t read these posts should start here, so … Continue reading
The Series of Tubes is not a strategy
It pains me to see folks place all their faith in the Series of Tubes, whether they’re trying to sell books about Men in Kilts, punk rock songs with three chords or bust into Hollywood. And it’s no skin off … Continue reading
Writers and editors: let’s make a deal
For anything Important, you need an editor. I’ve always had editors and wouldn’t think of living without them. The first post on this blog was The evil secret to ALL WRITING – editing is everything – that is not a coincidence. However, … Continue reading
Filed under Fiction, Red Pen of Doom, Speechwriting
30 achy breaky Twitter mistakeys
Hear me now and believe me later in the week: first impressions matter more than ever. In the old days, you got to know people because they LIVED NEXT TO YOU, or because you saw them at the feed store when … Continue reading
Quirks and legs matter more than talent and perfection
Hear me now and believe me later in the week: flaws and quirks beat absolute perfection the package matters more than the product without legs, you are dead in the water And now I’ll prove those three things to you … Continue reading
