Interesting Links #31: Warcraft, Illness, & Crooks
This week’s Interesting Links talks about Warcraft & writing.
–The original Warcraft and Warcraft 2 are now for sale on GOG.com.
-I think about book marketing a LOT, and this is a good roundup of the topic for 2019: How To Sell Books In 2019.
-Microsoft is giving up on selling ebooks through the Windows Store: Microsoft stops selling ebooks and will refund customers for previous purchases.
-Counterfeit products have been a problem on Amazon for a while, and Amazon is starting to crack down: What Does Amazon’s “Project Zero” Anti-Counterfeiting Plan Mean for You?
-A good pep talk for newer writers: Beat the Author Blues: How to Manage Writer’s Doubt.
-Speaking of self-doubt, this is another good pep talk for newer writers. Author Mindset: Do You Struggle With These Five Common Writing Fears?
-This article was for writers, but some of this is good advice for anyone who works from home: 13 Tips For The Work At Home Author.
–Apropos of my earlier post about the dangers of envy: Don’t Let Comparison Steal Your Joy.
-Literary agents are very often crooks. Television and film agents are much worse: David Simon: But I’m Not A Lawyer, I’m An Agent.
-I’m not really a fan of GAME OF THRONES, but this was nonetheless a good article to read. A rich, successful actress with the world at her feet – but all the while she’s in terrible pain from her illness and certain she will die. The proverb about being kind to everyone since we’re all fighting a hard battle comes to mind. A Battle For My Life.
-I like this post from Nora Roberts detailing her work methods. I definitely understand this quote: “I don’t have ‘staff’, which just sound so pretentious to me. I don’t knock anyone for having staff, but I don’t want staff. They would annoy me, want to talk to me at some point. They’d be in my space which includes my entire house. And the land around it. The air.”
-JM