Looking for some advice to improve your craft? Here are six suggestions.
How To Be A Better Writer: 6 Tips From Harvard’s Steven Pinker
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/11/how-to-be-a-better-writer/
Indie info
If you’re an indie author, here’s a NYT’s article that’s worth reading.
For the Indie Writers of Amazon, It’s Publish or Perish – NYTimes.com
Looking for a publisher?
I haven’t checked out these publishers, but I thought I would pass on the information.
10 Small Press Publishers Seeking Manuscripts from… | Writing Career
http://writingcareer.com/post/107143248041/10-small-press-publishers-seeking-manuscripts-from
Character traits
Here’s a question posed by a writer about race and characters in a novel. How would you answer it? Or would you even think to ask? Do you think the same question should be asked about a main character’s sex? Or age?
Racial Choice for Main Character | Creative Writing Forums – Writing Help, Writing Workshops, & Writing Community
http://www.writingforums.org/threads/racial-choice-for-main-character.136286/
Telling truth
Of course, fiction tells truths. But its truths are intentionally filtered through imagination. Nonfiction truths are filtered through the writer’s creativity, but the writer generally tries to keep his or her imagination out of the work.
Here’s TIME magazine’s list of the best nonfiction of 2014. What truths do they inspire you to tell?
Top 10 Nonfiction Books | TIME
http://time.com/3592235/top-10-nonfiction-books/
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