My Writing and Personal News and fiction and news and reading and writing Sue Campbell on 30 Jun 2010
No, that’s not an April Fool’s joke this time.
Something exciting is happening for me. My prologue and first chapter were chosen to be read and reviewed by an agent at the next meeting of my writers group!
I’m pretty excited about it, but not expecting much. What I mean is I’m not getting my hopes up. [...]
books and inspiring and miscellany and news and politics Sue Campbell on 26 Mar 2010
I just love this picture, which appeared in PW Daily today. President Obama is seen here buying a book at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa. As if reading the 2,000 page healthcare bill weren’t enough. He bought three books and counted his change! I have no doubt that Obama has a Kindle, but [...]
Opinon and author and books and news and publishing Sue Campbell on 10 Feb 2010
Here is a link to a really great explanation of why it does take so long for a book to get released from the traditional publisher. This post by Jay Lake, author with Macmillan about all the steps from both his POV and the publisher’s. Twenty six months! That’s a long, long time. But you’ll [...]
Opinon and books and news and publishing and video Sue Campbell on 22 Jan 2010
I’m not a fan of so-called vanity publishing. But I don’t object to self-publishing, or even partner publishing. There is a place for all kinds of publishing. What I do object to is deceptive practices that some service providers either explicitly promise successful outcomes, or allow their clients to believe. Every would be author has [...]
blogging and inspiring and miscellany and news and silliness and writing Sue Campbell on 18 Nov 2009
Hey there!
I’ve started a new weblog where I hope to update along the way on our upcoming trip. Time and wifi connections allowing I will be posting pictures and thoughts and tips and who knows what else from our travels through France and Spain. Here’s the link to Day Trippers!
miscellany and news and silliness and weather Sue Campbell on 08 Oct 2009
Snow. It’s already stopped. You saw it. It fell, in October. Right on time for Colorado. Happy Halloween!
Opinon and news Sue Campbell on 08 Oct 2009
An interlude from the posts on writing and design, to write about life.
Remember that scene in The Graduate when the middle-aged man leans in and tells Dustin Hoffman sotto voce, “Plastics.” Our generation, the kids who like the graduate came of age in the sixties, were listening. In the seventies some of us started to [...]
blogging and news and publishing and writing Sue Campbell on 02 Oct 2009
I and my publisher Carolyn Uber have been invited to speak next year at the East of Eden Writers Conference in Salinas California. That’s Steinbeck country, and the conference is named for his famous novel. The conference is sponsored by the South Bay chapter of the 100 year old California Writers Club.
I’ll be speaking on [...]
blogging and news and writing Sue Campbell on 17 Aug 2009
Whew! It’s been awhile since I blogged. In fact it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. I’ve missed almost the entire summer’s writer’s group meetings. Suspended my own group’s meetings and have just about forgotten my novel’s plot. I am itchin’ to get back to it. I finally finished the big book production project [...]
Opinon and Quotes of note and Reviews and books and news and publishing and reading Sue Campbell on 15 Jul 2009
Recently on PW’s online an article about the wildly popular subject of zombies in pop culture, and fiction in particular, was um, chewed on by writer Stefan Dziemianowicz. It prompted me to think about why it is we tend to want more and more of the same thing, over and over and over….
… the zombie [...]
