July 19th, 2008 by Lauren Dane
I saw this article yesterday, linked from Melissa Lopez’ livejournal: Writer’s Digest - Don’t Be A Writing Diva
It’s all solid advice - hone your voice, turn in your manuscript on time or early, send thank yous, think before you hit send, be careful how you criticize, continue to learn your craft, etc.
This is a career, a job, how you act leads into how you’re perceived. It’s important to put out there the face you want people to see and associate with you as an author and as my mom would say, “It never hurts to say thank you.”
And crossposted from Bring Me My Hookah
I was watching your vlog and listening to your music selections. Wow, I am SO out of contact with the music scene. I hardly knew any of these bands. I like to try to figure out what my characters would listen to - and it’s one of the hardest things I have to figure out because I’m so out of touch.
by Leah Braemel July 19th, 2008 at 8:04 pmI read that same article and thought it was all sound advice. What amazed me is that a grown person would even THINK of behaving in those fashions. But sadly, I guess some of us do. Still hard to believe considering all of the suggestions were pure common sense ;D
TJ
by tj July 20th, 2008 at 9:47 amLeah - I’m obsessed with music! But I’ve noticed of late I listen to stuff at least 10 years old or older, LOL.
On that playlist, the newest stuff is the Flyleaf and Five Finger Death Punch but the rest is a few years old at the very least.
I don’t have a problem with newer music in and of itself - I do go through Blender and other music mags to check out and try new stuff I haven’t heard of (it’s where I discovered The Bird and The Bee and more recently Bonde De Rolle) but there are trends I hate like pseudo rock like Hinder and for the most part, Flyleaf. I want it hard all the way like Five Finger Death Punch.
Still, I LOVE coming up with my playlists for my books. I love to have that mood set as I work.
by Lauren Dane July 20th, 2008 at 9:53 amTJ - at a conference last year I had drinks with a table full of agents and a few editors who started telling stories about the stuff authors do.
I was stunned at how common it seemed to be that authors sent nasty notes when they got rejected! Stupid. And unprofessional too.
by Lauren Dane July 20th, 2008 at 9:54 am