I completed the first draft of a story called “Millie Floating” in the fall of 2004. In those days, my goal was to edit a project until I had a final draft, at which time I could send it out […]
What Do Mistakes Say About Writers?
I can’t arrive at true and realistic final edits for my essays, articles, or even comments until I’ve posted online whatever I’ve composed in draft form offline.
Losing Our Way: on technology and being creative in the modern world
I have an open letter posted to Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, over at TW this month. I take Cook and Apple to task for not being creative with their digital book applications (the iBook Store and iBook reading system). I […]
Economies of Scale in the Writing World: Beyond Talking Indies
My fall “Talking Indies” column, “Three Money Lessons for Starry Eyed Authors,” comes out today at TW. It summarizes three important lessons I’ve learned since I dove full-time into the publishing and writing world in 2012. The column is intended […]
The Word Thieves: Navigating the New Landscape of Plagiarism
This essay appeared in Talking Writing in April. Talking Writing is rapidly becoming a high-quality online source of information for writers and content-providers of all sorts. By David Biddle for Talking Writing Imagine that a rigidly controlled country you’ve always longed […]
Top 3 Worthwhile Books on Writing
My hat is off to Martha Nichols for offering up the first true guide for anyone who understands the significance of being a writer in the 21st century.
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