Juiced On Writing

The Four Functions of a Good Title

Trying to come up with a good title can be a difficult thing. But it helps if the following functions of a good title are kept in mind - A good title allows the reader to predict the content. A good title catches the reader’s interest A good title reflects the slant or tone of [...]

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One of A Thousand on AddsYou

I am excited to confirm that I’ll be participating in the launch of AddsYou.com, a social publishing network that pays authors for their written works. AddsYou will provide a site which combines novels, blog posts, news articles, short stories, poems, screenplays, how-tos, school papers, information, reviews, etc. and more etc.  AddsYou is positioned to become [...]

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Ebooks : Neither E, Nor Books

Cory Doctorow has an ebook out – on the subject of ebooks at Book Glutton. This was the first time I have encountered the Book Glutton beta site. And it’s a very interesting concept. Sign in – registration is free – and you have access to an online reader which has chat and annotation functions [...]

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Owning Books and Not Owning EBooks

This is an old entry quoted from March 2008 and Matt Buchanan on the Gizmodo blog, and one which is fascinating reading from a copyright perspective. Whereas I’ve always considered when paying for something that I retain some rights of ownership (and usage), my own ideas must be seen to be incorrect when comparing a [...]

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