One of our most popular backlist books, Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell, was the best-selling title in the trade through the week ending March 25. Click on the cover to read more about this title.
There is now a crazy-fabulous song about the Dewey Decimal System. It was produced in an effort to win the RPM Challenge (www.rpmchallenge.com). It’s a little bit like National Novel Writing Month.
A sample of the song can be found at www.myspace.com/chuckmeyermusic. (Lyrics below.)
My Man Dewey
lyrics by Chuck Meyer
No I ain’t goin’ with you to the discotheque
Cuz I’d rather find my ladies at the bibliotek
Maryann, Peggy Sue — What’s knew with you?
Same ol’ same ol’. Is that perfume new?
Now I don’t mess with the gals at the reference desk
they’re just doing ther job, so just give ‘em a rest
plus I owe them one cuz they first introduced me
To my number one hombre, my man Dewey.
See Dewey’s gotta system and Dewey’s gotta plan
That’s what makes him the ultimate wing man
Before you ya conquer ya gotta categorize
Hell I bet he he even sorted his french fries by size
He had a keen mind for organization
As you’ll soon find out through my demonstration
The system’s designed to create conversation
‘cuz the girl is combined with the proper location
You’re skeptical now, but soon you’ll see threw me
The tricks of the trade of my man Melvin Dewey.
811s full up with the sensitive girls
and I got the rhymed couplets to rock their worlds
I’ll compare her to a rose and then I’ll pluck her
my pentameter’s iambic like a motherfucker
The 812s are a stage that I’ve risen above
‘cuz the play is the thing that I got plenty of
I respect their emotions, I admire their passion
But all the dramatics send me the other direction
The 700s are art and I stay away
The girls are all moody and usually gay
Except 794.8’s not lame
Cuz that’s for all the books about video games
641.5 is where the cookbooks are
If I find a girl there, then I know I won’t starve
And if my rides broke and the bus is too far
629.28 girls all got cars
And if I strike out on every damn shelf
Then I’ll hit the 150s for a bit of self-help
Soma my boys thinks I’ma little bit screwy
But they can’t hold a candle to my man Dewey
Writer’s Digest Book Club member Ron Gould is one busy guy. He owns the largest florist business in Texas’s Ft. Bend County, volunteers as the “official” Santa Claus for the town of Rosenberg and still finds time to pursue his goal of finishing his first science fiction novel. “My dad nurtured my desire to write and be published,” Ron says. “He met author Marion Zimmer Bradley (Mists of Avalon) when they were both at Hardin Simmons University and she inspired him to write.”
But family obligations took Ron’s father away from writing until nearly the end of his life. “By then, dad had lost his stories and didn’t have the energy to start over. I’ve always thought that was one of the saddest things I’ve ever heard,” Ron says, vowing he will never lose his stories. “I’ll get them written even if my goal to publish never happens.”
Ron successfully balances several writing projects at once and has learned the value of reading, researching, and writing rough outlines. He recommends his WDB favorites Writing Fiction Step By Step by Josip Novakovich and The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference by the editors of Writer’s Digest Books.
One of our most popular backlist books, Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell, was the best-selling title in the trade through the week ending March 18. Click on the cover to read more about this title.
Our Spring 2007 title, The Pirate Primer, will soon set sail for a bookstore near you. In its pages you’ll find clues to winning $1,000 worth of authentic pirate treasure. To find out more about the pirate contest, visit the book’s official site at http://pirate.fwpublications.com/
This one comes exclusively from the spam found in Jane’s inbox this morning.
Prepare Yourself for This
Summer is almost here, be ready
Become fit and happy again
Become immune to the passage of time!
Be exhumation, it shameful
Hmm might be helpful to me
Could I Be Wrong?
IT HAS HAPPENED!
The February 2007 issue of writer2writer.com has a great review of Sun Signs for Writers.
Walton-Porter’s book is more than new-age stuff. She’s created a dynamic text with a balance of fun, insight and practical exercises for writers regardless if you’re an earth, water, air or fire sign. If you’re not interested in discovering more about yourself and your writing style through your zodiac sign, check it out for background information on creating dynamic characters.
Check out a lengthy review of On Writing Horror over at Green Man Review.
You’re interested in writing horror fiction? Then read everything here. Yes, even the sections that you think you’ve got no interest in. Because these essays are a treasure trove of great ideas, from characters you can use anywhere (regardless of subgenre) to how best to pimp out your beautiful brand-spankin’-new novel. So just read. You’ll learn something, and you’ll like it.
One of our most popular backlist books, Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell, was the best-selling title in the trade through the week ending March 11. Click on the cover to read more about this title.
The March issue of Writers on the Rise (run by WDB author Christina Katz) is now posted. Great how-to information for writers, especially freelancers.