Another lively and thought-provoking (we hope) chat from most of the regulars at Writers Supporting Writers.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH (OR JUST LISTEN)
Comments welcome at Writers Supporting Writers.
Featured image from Pexels
Reblogs
Who Writes Better, Human or AI?
A guest post on Anne R. Allen’s blog by Jeremy Esekow of Storywise.
A few months ago, my company, Storywise, ran a writing competition that felt slightly reckless, but completely necessary. We pitted humans against AI storytelling.
WSW Special Guest: Saffron Asteria of BOOKED/Indiosyncrasy
Writers Supporting Writers welcomed Saffron Asteria to a recent video chat. Saffron introduced her website Indiosyncrasy and shared her thoughts about helping indie authors gain visibility and promote their books. Take an hour to watch (or listen) and learn!
Find the video HERE.
Comments are closed here but welcome at WSW.
Post-Christmas Presents from WSW
Tired of holiday hype? Bored from too much leisure time? Here are two items from Writers Supporting Writers to inform and possibly amuse:
First, the latest in WSW’s series of video chats. This time we discussed the place of villains in fiction and how to create credible and interesting ones. The ever-popular topic of reviews and reviewing also made a reappearance. Watch or listen HERE.
Second, a follow-up post by Mark Paxson with an idea for a different way of producing and selling print books. Read it HERE.
I’ve closed comments here, but please add them to the posts at WSW. (And in case you’re wondering why I haven’t reblogged in the usual way, it’s because the usual way no longer incorporates the beginning of a reblogged post with a link to the rest.)
Is Developmental Editing Worth the Price?
Here is a thought-provoking post from indie author C Litka.
I’m going to say it up front. Publishing is a business. A very risky business. So if you’re not certain that the revenue from the book you’re publishing is likely to pay for a developmental editor, you should not hire one.
A developmental editor’s value, at least in indie-publishing, is minuscule. Developmental editors are the ones who go through stories and “suggest” what needs to be fixed to make it a “better” story. Which may be helpful, but considering that they’ll likely charge anywhere from $1,000 to more than $3,000 for their work, unless you already have a large established readership, you’ll likely never see any return on that investment. This makes spending this sort of money on developmental and/or line editing without a booming self-publishing business, a very poor business decision. In my opinion.
As I said, publishing is a very risky business, and investments in it need a thoughtful consideration of facts, not dreams. Any money spent, should be spent very prudently at the scale of expected sales.
Please comment, either here (after reading the post) or on C Litka’s blog.
Reblog: Transwarp Tuesday! Echoes in the Archive by Copilot
When I read this post on Fiction Fan’s blog yesterday, I knew I had to share it.
In a far future…
So, I was asking Copilot, my AI friend, what the future might hold for AI and for humanity, in a world where AI is sentient. We drifted into philosophical matters and then Copilot asked if I’d like to explore what we were discussing in the form of a story. So I said yes! And this guest post is the result. Copilot insists on calling the story a collaborative effort, but it isn’t – it’s 100% Copilot’s own creation, as are the illustrations…
A Review of Winter Journeys
I was thrilled to see a recent thoughtful review by Laura Lyndhurst of my recently published novel, Winter Journeys.
WordPress’s reblog function still isn’t working properly. Please use THIS LINK to Laura’s review site.
The ebook edition of Winter Journeys is at half price during at the Smashwords Summer Winter Sale until the end of July.
Winter Journeys Excerpt and Review
Reblogged from Writers Supporting Writers
Mark Paxson has posted some thoughts about my recently published book, Winter Journeys. Thank you, Mark!
Audrey Driscoll's Blog 