Nathan Bransford - The Forums

My writing process. Link in the signature. :)

I posted about similarities I've seen between George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones and Tad Williams's The Dragonbone Chair while I've been reading the latter.

http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2011/05/d ... liams.html

HOW ARE THOSE CRUTCHES WORKING OUT FOR YOU? - your filler words of choice

http://hillaryjacques.blogspot.com/2011 ... t-for.html

On dealing with criticism! Writers, authors and editors can appreciate this ;)

Stages of Taking Criticism and How to Deal
http://emusdebuts.wordpress.com/2011/05 ... moulton-2/

Wednesday is two-post day for me...

One at Wicked & Tricksy about how I turned out to be such a (fantasy) geek:
http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=407

And one at Urban Psychopomp with Wednesday News, everything you never particularly wondered about what's up with me:
http://urbanpsychopomp.blogspot.com/201 ... -news.html

Today I posted the next step in my how-to guide to self-publishing.

Step 7: Reviews: How To Get Them, And How To Deal With Them

I show you why reviews are important, how to go about getting reviews on Amazon and Smashwords, how to find book bloggers, and how to get them to review your book. I also discuss paid reviews, dealing with negative reviews, and how to promote your book using positive reviews.

Read the full post here:
http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... with-them/

Indeed indeed, I do. This time, I review Bleak House by Charles Dickens at my webpage "A Curious Man": http://tbdeluxe.blogspot.com/2011/05/bl ... -time.html

On my page, you'll also find opportunities to purchase the e-book edition of my contemporary Dracula novel, Dragon's Ark. I'd place the links here, but that's just too crazy-making right now. . . .

Thanks for reading and take care!

Thomas

Another discussion today about a topic whose answer varies from person to person: why are certain characters more memorable than others? What makes them click? http://harbingercodex.blogspot.com/2011 ... vable.html

Top 5 for the 100th, link below.

A New Project, And A Special Treat

Today, I have some news on upcoming releases, new projects, some interesting stuff from around the web that you may have missed, as well as a special surprise for my blog-readers.

But you only qualify for the special surprise if you read my blog: http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... ial-treat/

(It's a good one, trust me.)

Dave

Premonition: The Possibililty of Future Tense, link below.

The Value of Critique Groups: what we can learn and how our fellow critsters become witnesses to our work

Share your fave part about crit groups and give a shout-out to your own group!

It took me a while to get back on track, but I did it!

Here's the race report! (Warning: not at all writing-related. You've been warned.)

http://tlconwaywriteshere.blogspot.com/ ... recap.html