I've been awful about posting notices here telling all you lovely people when I have a new blog tour post go live. And today's (yesterday's) failure on my part is especially effed up, as the infamous and aesthetically mysterious xTx has allowed me a day on her blog. See if I ever get invited back. I write about my inherent, and unnecessary, need to turn everything I say into something potentially humorous. Success or no, I'm addicted. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.
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The wonderfully talented Kristin Fouquet offers some space at her blog today where I write a bit about how dead body clean up has become more and more popular over the last few years. Thanks for Kristin for letting me stop by! Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.
Steve Urkel. I need not say more. But I will. Steve Urkel = nerd. Stephan Urquelle = smooth, respected, man. What's the difference? Looks. And what does this have to do with fiction writing? Head over to the Eject! blog to find out. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.
I can't believe I failed to notify everyone about this new Blog Tour post that went live on Bradely Sands' site a couple of days ago. I should be killed. I try to be open to hilarity everywhere in life. Sometimes, I don't have to look far. At Bradley Sands' blog today I provide a list of quotes, take verbatim, from a documentary on the Discovery channel called, simply, Sex Robot. Here's a taste: Delosian: “You know that…Snow White, singing about ‘someday my prince will come.’ Well, someday my android will come, damn-it.” Again, these are 100% real. Don't miss out. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff.
[blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/#!/calebjross/status/40298146336608256"] What good is Twitter, really? How do authors use it? How should authors use it? How can readers use it? How can readers and authors use it together? How many more questions can I type here that essentially ask the same thing? In this episode I talk about how I, as an author and reader, use Twitter. But most importantly, I address its limitations. Enjoy. Send any writing and publishing related questions to caleb [at] calebjross.com. I will answer them in a future episode. Show Notes and Mentions: Yes, again, Jane Friedman teaches at the University of Cincinnati. Twitter handle: @JaneFriedman Personal examples of professional success using Twitter: Invited to contribute a story to a Rainstorm Press horror anthology Live tweeting at literary events such as the reading at Czar bar in Kansas City and the social media panel at AWP in 2011. Many bloggers and authors have contacted me via Twitter…
Today marks a special stop on my blog tour. Richard Thomas and I have it out a new installment of his dueling columns series which essentially pits two writers against one another to voice their individuals takes on a hot-button issue of the day. Our issue: to MFA or not to MFA. I've posted both of our write-ups below, which can also be seen at Richard Thomas' site. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. FOR MFA PROGRAMS – Richard As Caleb mentioned in his column, if you want to teach at the university level, then you must get an MFA. And at many fine universities, you may need a PhD these days as well. In addition to that, most schools want you to have at least one published novel or short story collection (the bigger and better the press,…
Virginia Woolf was an advocate of a writer having a dedicated place to write, as examined in her famous essay "A Room of One's Own." I know, the essay speaks specifically to women and how their treatment as lesser citizens prevented them from potential as serious writers. Hence, having the financial and social freedom afforded (or perhaps implied) by having a room of one's own would be what makes the writer as woman a more accepted presence in the world of books. But me, I just read the title of the essay and have taken from it what I want. Most writers would agree a dedicated writing space is important. But is it really? Is there something to be said about the paralyzing effect that comes with such a freedom? Is the wish of a dedicated room just an excuse some writers use to explain lack of productivity? Show Notes and Mentions:…