Whether you have a MySpace page or on LiveJournal, Blogger, Blogspot, WordPress or TypePad, many writers get pretty frustrated when bloggers put themselves out there as “writers.” Fantasy author Robin Hobb wrote about this recently in a creative rant entitled, “Vampires of the Internet. I’d like to quote you a passage from this rant. Ah, […]
Year: 2008
Search Engine Strategies: I’m in New York!
Thanks for staying tuned to my blog, I’m going to have a brief interruption this week primarily because I’ve been attending a work-related conference through Search Engine Strategies: New York. I’m listening to speakers and sitting in on some interesting sessions where buzzwords are floating around and everyone is in a tither over a little […]
MLV Writes Movie Reviews
Monica has written tons of reviews and other material for FlamesRising.com over the last few years. As a fan of Horror & Dark Fantasy, her reviews are a welcome contribution to the website and fun to read. Some of her movie reviews include: The Fountain (Fantasy) Blood & Iron (Hellboy) Better Off Undead (Zombies) Doctor […]
May 2008 Online Auction for Juvenile Diabetes from Novelist Brenda Novak
One of the really cool things I’ve come to enjoy is the ability to not only review books and network with other authors, but to follow up with them and their work. I was in the process of reading up on Yasmine Galenorn (I had reviewed her urban fantasy book entitled Witchling) when I saw […]
Keep On Top of Jobs, News and Buzz with Google Alerts
As writers and freelancers, it’s imperative that we stay “in-the-know.” Depending upon what aspect of the industry we’re working in, we need to stay informed of job opportunities, book promotions, conventions and (of course) what others might be saying about our work. About two months ago, I started using a neat little trick that I […]