Jukepop Serials is building the ‘go to’ site for authors and readers of Slipstream, Steampunk, Fantasy, Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, and Cross-Genre fiction. via Jukepop – About Us. Aside from just publishing stuff in serial fashion, the site’s … Continue reading
there are plenty of ambitious startups in energy, healthcare, and education, areas that sorely need innovation. But fascinating technology startups, companies who want to allow regular people to do new stuff in their daily lives? Few and far between. Take … Continue reading
When doing research for my books, I’ve found the internet is a kind of necropolis of dead and inactive sites. Sure they’re out there, they’re visible, but nothing is happening, updates haven’t been made in years, no one is paying … Continue reading
From Young Adult Book Fans to Wizards of Change – NYTimes.com Nice piece on how Harry Potter fans (and others) have become social forces for more than just propagating their chosen fandom: charity work, consciousness-raising, and all-around do-goodery.
When is the last time you told an author how much their book helped you in their career? Or an instructional video creator how much they changed your life? Probably not as often as you’d like. Actually *I* could be … Continue reading
So Wednesday we had the big Apple announcements. New iPad! Apple TV! More Siri! We learn what Voldemort’s plan is! . . . er, wait a second. Yeah, sorry, the last sentence was wrong. See it only felt like … Continue reading
You’ve probably heard me go on enough about my Brainstorm Book idea, but . . . well I haven’t. So I’ve got a vLog describing my Brainstorm Book technique. Let me know if it helps out! – Steven Savage
Trying to help people see the virtue of professional geekery is often best done by showing results. So if you want people at work to see the value in your geekery (and maybe get a few more geeks to stand … Continue reading
The problem with critiquing your own work is that it is hard to break away from your own biases. The best remedy for this is to get someone else to critique and edit between drafts, but if that’s not possible, … Continue reading
We want to have a world with more fan-to-pro types, more professional geeks, more happy people doing what they like for money within certain legal and ethical boundaries. Indeed we spend a lot of time trying to improve ourselves professionally … Continue reading