There’s nothing inherently wrong with SLAKE, according to feedback I’ve received from you guys. But it focuses on writing craft (and, to some extent, the business of writing), on quality, not quantity. Personally, I have spent 2018 and 2019 really struggling to make time to write, and keep those writing appointments, and then write productively during those times. Since beginning my own novel, […]
Why advertising hasn’t worked for me (well, one reason)
Here is one of Russell’s emails about advertising. He is speaking directly to me. I am, indeed, one of those who “keep giving up after a couple of rocky attempts” with advertising. But notice that the only reason his advertising works for him is because HE HAS OTHER STUFF SET UP that works WITH the […]
Shipping costs explosion: defused!
With just weeks remaining in the one-year deadline before international small-parcel mail going into and out from America would have come to a complete halt, a compromise was reached at an emergency meeting in Brussels. Read about the compromise that defused the threat, here. I’ll bet you hadn’t heard anything about this past year’s worth […]
Yes, there is still systemic racism in the publishing industry
The publishing industry is old, old, old. Most of the Big Five publishers in America have roots reaching back to the 1800s and 1700s, and Oxford University Press, the biggest academic publisher in the world, dates back to the beginning of book printing itself. The evolution of book publishing has been mostly that: gradual changes […]
What is a stylesheet? And do I have one?
If you signed a Letter of Agreement to become a Wordsmith client, we created a stylesheet for you! If you’re an academic client with Wordsmith Writing Coaches and we edited a longish bit of work for you, we might have a stylesheet for you, especially if your work had complicated formatting, or if your professor/advisor/journal […]
Why do we bother?
Writing is hard. Creating anything new is always fun in the beginning (for me, at least) but it becomes hard, soul-drainingly hard, as you push all the way through to completion and delivery. If it’s so difficult… why do it? In a general sense, doing hard things, creative things, is part of being a healthy […]
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