Those of you who read my blogs have
probably come to realize that I’m a bit of a blog junkie. I read over a dozen
every week because I like to stay informed about writing, publishing, and
bookselling issues, trends, successes, and failures. Change is so rapid these
days and opinions so varied that keeping well informed is a challenge. Let’s
face it, little about the book biz is black and white.
As you probably realized from last week’s post,
plenty of discussion is happening about the proverbial balloon bursting for
indie writers, or is it? Hugh Howey doesn’t think so. In fact, in his latest
post he writes that the glut of books on the market is good. Other writers would
disagree with that while some still see opportunity in the glut.
Rather than elaborate on all those
opinions, I’m going to give you the names of my five favorite writer/bloggers
who constantly write, insightful, thought-provoking posts on this crazy
business. I don’t agree with them all the time, but they always give me
something to think about.
Aside from Hugh Howey, other favorites
include two I mentioned last week: Russell Blake and Kristine Kathryn Rusch,.
Another is Anne R. Allen, and last, but certainly not least, is Joe Konrath.
Oddly, I haven’t noticed a new blog from Joe since Dec., but I bet something
will be in the works soon.
If you have blogs you regularly follow, let
me know what they are, so I can add them to the list.
1 comment:
Hi Marian,
Glad you like to read blogs! Thanks for commenting on mine. It will be interesting to see how the chips fall in the publishing industry!!!
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