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Of Ghosts and Greed

celebrity, ghostwriter, ghostwritten, money, plagiarism 30th July 2023 Musings, Other Things

Another bout of irritation is erupting about the amount of celebrities ‘writing’ books and picking up fat cheques for doing so. People are not, on the whole, overly annoyed about those who employ a lot of help when producing their … Continued

Should you self-publish?

authors, money, publishers, self-publishing, writing 23rd August 2022 Other Things, Uncategorised, writing

(The first in an occasional series for new or new-ish authors) If you’ve written, or are writing, your first book, you’re probably at least considering whether to self-publish. There are a lot of good reasons to go right ahead and … Continued

OnlyFans won’t be the only ones

censorship, money, porn 22nd August 2021 Other Things, Rantings 1 Comments

It looks as though OnlyFans is going to go down the same plughole as Tumblr… and various other corners of the Interweb that previously gave sex workers and porn creators a chance to earn a living and express themselves on … Continued

Arts and Economics

artists, money, politics, profit 11th May 2021 Musings

It’s no real surprise that Fucko the Clown and his grisly crew are taking a swing or two at the idea of arts-based education for the lower orders; even less of one that they are dressing it up as founded … Continued

Villains and Villainy

bad guys, fiction, money, villains, writing 29th September 2020 Musings, writing

A piece of writing advice that has always stuck with me is: ‘Fiction needs a bad guy.’ OK, sometimes the bad ‘guy’ isn’t a person acting with volition but fire, a flood, or maybe a virus, but even the soppiest, … Continued

Finances, Fear and Failure.

authors, erotica, indie authors, money, writing 20th September 2019 Musings, Other Things

A recent piece by a writer who blew her book advances has sections of the internet in a predictable lather. Some people think she’s a silly, whiny bitch who should have had a good slap a few thousand dollars ago, … Continued

Yes, darling, you DO need an editor…

editing, editor, erotica, money, proofreading, skill, writing 16th March 2017 Musings

Someone once reviewed an anthology in which I had a story, and began the review with the words ‘Did anyone edit this AT ALL?’ Yes, that stung, even though I was only a contributor and therefore it wasn’t my responsibility … Continued

HARD-WORKING WRITERS and other jobs

fiction, inspiration, money, sexting, work, writers 8th March 2016 Musings, Other Things

Marion ZImmer Bradley (I think) mentioned writers and their strange other jobs in the intro to one of her Sword and Sorceress anthologies, years ago. Of course, this was decades before the current horrorshow of the gig economy and the various … Continued