Category: writing

Final thoughts on Clean Reader

NOTE: I know Chuck Wendig used a similar Peter Quill image in his excellent "Fuck You, Clean Reader: Authorial Consent Matters" post (which you should read), but there's really no more perfect image to use. Recently, an app called Clean Reader appeared on the market, selling books with a filter that removes all…

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Don’t Be Petty

Author Lynn Shepherd recently wrote a blog post for the Huffington Post entitled "If JK Rowling Cares About Writing, She Should Stop Doing It." A lot of people, myself included, have a lot of problems with this article. Let's have a look at why: I didn't much mind Rowling when…

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Pay the Writer

Recently, a fellow New Pulp author posted on Facebook saying that he was asked by someone if he could make a living off his writing and he tried not to laugh. Another New Pulp author said that he has family members who are convinced he's sitting on mountains of cash…

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