Writer Stereotypes – Episode 7

Sometimes rats hibernate. Okay, we don’t know if REAL rats hibernate and we’re too lazy to Google. But sometimes Paper Rats hibernate. 2011 was a hibernation year for us. Alas, we’re back for 2012!

Allow us to present our newest episode of Inside The Writers’ Studio, Writer Stereotypes:

Free! Free! Novelist Gives Away Short Story Collection for a Limited Time

Craig Lancaster, author of 600 Hours of Edward and The Summer Son, answers some questions about his new short story collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure, whose official release date is December 6, 2011. (Find out at the end of this interview how you can get a free e-copy right now.)

Madonna Hates Hydrangeas: SPOOF

Welcome to Episode 6. (And thank you for the inspiration, Madonna.)

Former Random House Author Self-Publishes Thriller that Views 9/11 from New Perspective

As self-publishing becomes an increasingly popular option for writers of all kinds (the good and the not so good, those who have tried the agent route and those who haven’t), there are those who continue to cling – and probably will for some time – to the idea that self-publishing is an avenue for the author whose work just isn’t good enough

Interview with author Normanda Whyte

Normanda Whyte writes regular columns for the Malaysian national daily, The Star, the Singapore national daily, The Straits Times, as well as features for numerous magazines including Women’s Weekly and Cleo.  Her work is syndicated globally

Interview with Indie Publishing’s April Hamilton and Zoe Winters

Once  looked down on as a path for the untalented, self-publishing (or independent/indie publishing) is becoming an increasingly more respectable way for authors to get their work into the public eye. Some have used it as a stepping stone to a “traditional” publishing deal, while others are content, even happy, to do-it-themselves. Some authors have even found

Craig Lancaster Q&A with Jim Thomsen

Details about how you can win a copy of Craig’s novel, The Summer Son, appear at the end of the interview. – Kel & Kris

Their friendship was forged in the world of daily newspapers, where Craig Lancaster works as a chief copy editor at the Billings (Mont.) Gazette and Jim Thomsen, until recently, held a similar job at the Kitsap (Wash.) Sun.

When it comes to books and writing, they are literary wingmen – good friends who push each other to

Interview: Ian T. Healy

Prolific author, creator of the webcomic The Adventures of the S-Team and the workshop Action! Write Better Action by Using Cinematic Techniques…Ian Healy is a true Renaissance Man. We recently talked to Ian about how he balances writing with family life, his participation in National Novel Writing Month, and (of course) what he thinks of

A Holiday Thank You

Rats Kristen and Kel attempt to compose a holiday poem.

Make good use of your e-readers.

Craig Lancaster, author of the widely praised 600 Hours of Edward and the forthcoming novel The Summer Son (to be released by AmazonEncore in early 2011) wanted to do something for others this Christmas season, so he