Yog’s law states that money should flow to the writer. It’s an old aphorism in the publishing industry, from a time when self-publishing was synonymous with vanity publishing. According to this 2003 post by Theresa Nielsen-Hayden: For years now, we’ve been dinning Yog’s Law into young writers’ heads: Money always flows toward the writer. Alternate… Continue reading Why money should not flow to the writer
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Why Extra Credits is right (and couldn’t be more wrong)
It is rare that I see something that truly makes me outraged. As trendy as it is these days to raise your fist and shout at the world, that’s something I generally try to avoid. But recently, I saw something that I just cannot let fly without addressing it directly. It’s this: The Good Extra… Continue reading Why Extra Credits is right (and couldn’t be more wrong)
Verily this three year-old doth not hold his manhood cheap!
Experimenting with social media again
So, it’s come to my attention that I’m something of an “internet hermit.” (thanks J.R.) Which is actually unintentional. I quit Facebook in 2014 and Twitter back in 2016, and while I’m still active on Goodreads, I mostly just use it to post book reviews and keep track of my TBR pile. After I moved… Continue reading Experimenting with social media again
Group Promos for Late May 2018
Sophie’s Third Choice
“Your wife, or your child? You must choose between them. If you do not, I shall kill them both.” “Then take me instead.” “My good man. Did you not hear what I said? If you do not choose—” “I do choose. I chose myself. Are you going to respect my choice or not?” “That isn’t… Continue reading Sophie’s Third Choice
Late April 2018 Group Promos and Book Giveaways
In case you’re looking for a good read, here are a bunch of group promos and book giveaways that I’m participating in right now. Lots of awesome books here. Thanks for reading! Joe
“Do you have any Republican friends?”
Will Witt from PragerU recently went to New York and asked a bunch of random people this question. The result was this video, and holy heck. I’m not even a Republican, and I’m infuriated. We have a word for people who don’t tolerate anyone who disagrees with them. It’s INTOLERANT. We have a word for… Continue reading “Do you have any Republican friends?”
Thoughts on #AmazonClosed and disappearing KU reads
There are a lot of scandals happening in the indie publishing world right now. The latest one has to do with Amazon deleting KU reads from March: some authors have seen their page reads retroactively revised down as much as ninety percent. The speculation is that this is connected with Amazon deactivating several customer accounts,… Continue reading Thoughts on #AmazonClosed and disappearing KU reads
Why I’m moving out of Provo for good at the soonest opportunity
Neverending road construction. Corrupt local officials who take kickbacks from the neverending road construction. Massive public transit projects that seek to fix a problem that doesn’t really exist. Incompetant construction contractors who can’t get the job right the first time, and have to redo it five times in as many years. Parking Nazis who ticket… Continue reading Why I’m moving out of Provo for good at the soonest opportunity