If you could choose one author from the past to have dinner with, who would it be? Where would you want to dine with this person? What would you order?
Most important, what questions would ask?
Category Archives: Reader Friday
Reader Friday: The Agony of Defeat
Reader Friday: Other Things That Matter
Writers think about writing all the time. Self-publishing writers have to add all the business aspects of publishing, and everybody is on social media. It’s easy to get so focused on writing stuff that other things in life get fuzzy.
So today, take off your writing hat for a moment and talk about something else that matters to you.
Reader Friday: The Bucket List
Reader Friday: Validation
Had lunch with a writer who says he is not going to self-publish because he doesn’t want to hurt his chances of getting a traditional contract. He said he wants the “validation” that comes from being accepted by a major publishing house.
All writers look for some metric that tells them their writing matters to someone. So here’s today’s question: What form of validation do you seek?
Reader Friday: The Writer’s Craft Library
A Kill Zone regular, Steve Hooley, asked about sharing favorite writing craft books. Sounds like a good idea. So list two or three from your library and why you’d recommend them (for purposes of today’s comment section, please exclude the writing books by any of the blogsters here at TKZ. We don’t want you to feel obligated!)
Reader Friday: Alone
Reader Friday: Alien Landing
Reader Friday: Your Town
Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles come to me the way I came to you, my feet over your streets, you pretty town I loved you so much, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town.
Ask the Dust by John Fante (1939)
Describe your home town: where you grew up, or where you live now. How has it influenced you as a person and as a writer?
Reader Friday: Best Tools for Writers?
Tool Guy wants to know: what writing software or tools do you use?
p.s. Click here for a discussion about some specific tools.