Nathan Bransford - The Forums

A carpenter of 41 one years writes like an office nerd? Smart vs. Smart Ass.

http://opposingfarces.blogspot.com/

Summer Excuses: the heat and the Heat

Keeping the summer from killing your progress.

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/summe ... -heat.html

EDITED: To include the link to my response to the WSJ YA controversy

Why That Terrible WSJ Article is Great for YA

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/why-t ... great.html

Having completed most of the other projects I've got going, I decided to take at look at the memoirs I'd started some time back. I published one short story, Mekong Ambush, on Kindle and another, An Army Ocean Voyage, on my blog. Then, I started rewriting and revising and came to the conclusion that I might share them on my blog.

So, here is Joining the Army - June 1957 http://lvc ... ogspot.com

I hope it entertains and informs. Comments are welcome, of course.

Got a couple new interviews and some other stuff.

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You know when you get that cool idea for your novel, and it'd make it so much better but demands a lot of extra work? Yeah. http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/06/idea-worm.html

Fall From Grace, Title Change? in which I have posted a poll about possible new titles for my nearly finished WIP whose original title I no like

On Tell Great Stories:
YA Author Night, Contagion, and It's All Fun and Games Blogfest http://sommerleigh.com/archives/3454

On Wicked & Tricksy
The Science of Villains http://www.wickedtricksy.com/?p=598

When we think of backstory, we tend to picture flashbacks and infodumps or dropped hints that fit together to complete the puzzle by the end. But what if there was a type of backstory that was equally powerful because it remained unexplained? Read more at http://harbingercodex.blogspot.com/2011 ... ul-by.html

I posted the penultimate part of my free guide to digital self-publishing: Step 9: Discounts, Competitions & Blog Tours

The final steps of this self-publishing guide is going to focus on further marketing tips. We have already covered the basics: blogging and websites, pricing, social networking, and reviews. Today, I want to take about discounts, competitions, giveaways, and blog tours.

Read the whole post here: http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2011 ... log-tours/

Just posted My First Day in the Army - enjoy and comments welcomed.

My Post Today: Forever Jung: Why Carl Jung is Still Worth Studying

Carl Jung died 50 years ago on this day. Famous first as a follower of Freud, he eventually split with the master when they disagreed over the explanatory power of sex drives. Jung's writing later greatly influenced Joseph Campbell, whose Hero's Journey still has tremendous force in storytelling, particularly in Hollywood, where George Lucas openly used it as a template for Star Wars.

Jung remains influential in depth psychology and dream interpretation, but I focus on why he's interesting to writers and readers.

http://www.hektorkarl.com/2011/06/forev ... still.html

Is the Darkness Too Real? Yes, apparently for some at the Wall Street Journal, it is:

http://theqqqe.blogspot.com/2011/06/dar ... -real.html

Summer reads and an introduction to my new blog, Confessions of a Notebook Collector:

On Tumblr
On Blogger

I have a post rant about twins in fantasy: http://claudiea.blogspot.com/2011/06/tw ... yland.html