Explosion of online publishing 'outlets'

As I've already published several books and pamphlets via web based POD, I have an eye out for new entrants. The latest I've noted is Yudu.com.

Now that's clever naming! They seem to be a very good place to publish newsletters - and the pro version allows the incorporation of YouTube clips, audio (mp3) and lots of other multi-media stuff.

I was working on something multi-media the other day. Perhaps I'll give them a whirl.

Tra la la la

Update on progress of Book Number 2. The first draft is complete. 78,000 words. Phew!

From little acorns... a footprint

Want to see a little word cloud from the chapter I'm working on?
Here you are then:

Blogaholism

Ho ho ho, Penny Frost has it nailed in her piece about stopping the creative flow. Seems like there's a lot of it about.

So, what's the progress on B2 then? It's nearly March and very little has happened - other than the author getting mightily bored with sitting at the computer unproductively. Word count 41622. Not much done as you see.

Ego keeps you going

So, you're doing your walk every day but you're still getting rejections. What's to do? Ray Bradbury has the answer, (or an answer if you want to be picky).



Status report on progress of N2 = 40,314

Advice to writers

There is lot's of advice out there for writers - written by writers of course. We all know it and seem to like hearing the same advice again and again. Time for action! Here's a great comedy writer/performer telling you again what you already know:



Status report on Book2 progress: 36,159 words by Chapter 7.

Paperback writer

Doing a bit of tangential research for the book, I came across The Beatles' 'Paperback Writer' on YouTube. (see below) This got me to thinking...does or did anyone set out to be a 'hardback writer'? I guess the modern version is 'e-book' writer but that occupation is so ubiquitous it hardly seems to be worth considering.

Anyway, progress on the book is v.slow. If I'd had college essays to write (too old for those now), I'd have run a few off by now. Now that is a challenge. Does it mean I'm not really cut out for this creative writing lark? (Writers dark moment).

So, report on progress to date: 22,651 words, 5 chapters in.