January 2010
9 posts
The discussion of e-publishing and the future suggests to me that there are three stages of writing:
1. I’d like to be paid to write 2. I am lucky to be paid to write 3. I am entitled to be paid to write.*
Each stage seems to respond very differently to the shifts in the publishing world.
* - with a possible #4 for Harlan Ellison and company: “You are lucky I am paid to write, you...
There are people I disagree with who I read anyway because they remind me of things. Important things.
Today they have reminded me that fear makes us very, very small.
“Remember Apple is a software company that sells its products in an expensive...”
– I, Cringely » Blog Archive » Mobile 2010 Predictions: Apple, Google & RIM, Oh My! - Cringely on technology
“Most Republicans, led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who...”
– John McCain, Russ Feingold diverge on court ruling - Kasie Hunt - POLITICO.com
“Criticism Is Best When It Is A Conversation”
– TERRIBLEMINDS: Chuck Wendig, Freelance Penmonkey » Blog Archive » After Report: The Sundance Screenwriters Lab
“45 people can not effectively make a decision together. But 44 people can...”
– How to stop overcommunication « Scott Berkun
“But I have to say, I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems...”
– He Wasn’t The One We’ve Been Waiting For - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
“I need only the barest excuse to read a book, and so a machine which acts a...”
– Penny Arcade - A Trend We Wholly Endorse
“You’d be awfully naive to think the only time Newsham has publicly lied to...”
– The D.C. Snow Job - Reason Magazine