So over at Facebook, douglas_clegg  linked to this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about how Strunk and White were idiots and Elements of Style laid out a bunch of overly strict or outright incorrect recommendations that have been widely regarded for fifty years as holy writ. The article's author breaks down their errors and even points out their contradictions. Revolutionary...

Here is a link to a post about a new mermaid movie that looks intriguing!  douglas-clegg.livejournal.com/95080.html

Six chapters (32 pages) of dark paranormal WIP's first draft, all polished and purdy and ready to give to the crit-mates at tonight's meeting. And six more chapters written and waiting to be buffed to a nice sheen. My voice is back! I have been on a nonstop writing jag, folks, and have finally come up for air. All it took was me deleting my Excel spreadsheet of dark paranormal's wordcount, and...

Perk up, peeps--I need to pick your brains. A good friend on my Worlds_Of_Fantasy YAHOO group posed this question, and it does intrigue me. We're wondering... How does one go about tracking/gauging the effectiveness of book trailers, or any sort of book promotion? Is that even possible, or is it simply a guessing game? I've seen douglas_clegg 's and mdbenoit 's trailers, and the...

SURPRISE! Okay, you know that cool announcement I shared with you in my last blog , the one about Douglas Clegg's extraordinary plan to give back to the writing community? Well, I'll admit, I was a little bit envious that some lucky duck was going to get the benefit of Doug's amazing guidance as his first writing mentoree in the program--a once in a lifetime opportunity for...

Here are two posts on convention networking that I wrote last summer: How to network at conventions How to overcome shyness More on how to network at conventions Mary Robinette Kowal wrote a great post on Schmoozing: http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/conventions-and-writing-or-schmoozing-101/ Douglas Clegg speaks out about professionalism at conventions: http://douglas-clegg...

Lazy Links I missed my beloved NECON this weekend because I've been a tad under the weather here, but I'm overdue for a visit with you and since I miss you I thought I'd just drop by with a few fine links for your perusing pleasure. I hope you find them helpful or at least a bit entertaining. For Writers and Other Masochists: Book Proposals: A Recommended Read - by Douglas...

I love Douglas Clegg. I follow a handful of writer blogs, but I think he and Gaiman are the only ones I probably stalk , as it were. His list is beautiful , because the few cons I've been to I've seen the same behavior, and I saw similiar crap at my reunion, and at business stuff I've gone to - it doesn't just apply to writing conferences. I'd never survive that sort of thing. Just putting an offer...

This is a very entertaining read.

Happy Father's Day from All the Kits! I hope you dads have a wickedly wonderful day! Now when you're finished trying on the new ties and watching a bit of sports on the tube, then you might want to have a peek at a bit of Cleggage... Fine Cleggage or Writing Wisdom from a Pro I recently read a couple of excellent blogs by the fabulous author, Douglas Clegg . Doug's...