Writers' Blogs

Posted Wednesday May 3, 2006 by Nick Caldwell in |

I might possibly make this post an on-going resource and add it to the forthcoming “essays” section—which I just invented in my head now. But in any case, I’m intrigued by the ways that professional writers and media creators are using the Internet both as a promotional and creative outlet. So I’m going to create a list, perhaps with a bit of commentary on each. Consider this a work in progress.

Suggestions from commentators are very welcome. They don’t all have to be genre writers—that’s just my own bias. I’m particuarly interested in stuff that’s “authentic”, (Hello, John!) in that it’s obviously created by the author, rather than expensively furnished by a publisher or production company—although at least two of the starting group fall into the latter category.

Your Comments

  1. Glen writes:

    a friend of mine, myke bartlett, is a writer (and a teacher) and he does all his own online stuff webpage:

    http://users.tpg.com.au/adsl0hj5/

    and blog:

    http://kilbeysalmon.blogspot.com/

    and there are links to a podcast on the blog

    his online design is quite good and so is his writing. oh, plus he has an amazing speaking voice for the podcast, check out the ‘trailer’ on the homepage.

    Posted: 3 05 2006 - 10:05 | Permanent link to this comment

  2. Nick Caldwell writes:

    Excellent, Glen, that’s pretty much what I’m looking for.

    Just as a helpful note, Textile markup uses the following convention for formatting links:

    "linktext or url":http://linkname.com/

    which will create

    linktext or url

    Posted: 3 05 2006 - 10:40 | Permanent link to this comment

  3. John Gunders writes:

    Jane Espenson: Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Gilmore Girls, Ellen, The O.C., Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    http://www.janeespenson.com/

    Posted: 5 05 2006 - 09:16 | Permanent link to this comment

  4. David Bernans writes:

    Nick says: Hi David. Please ask us before posting your press releases to our website. I mean, we're probably not going to say yes, but it's common courtesy, isn't it?

    Posted: 13 05 2006 - 01:18 | Permanent link to this comment

  5. John Gunders writes:

    Old thread, I know (whatever happened to the “essays section”?), but I just found this. If you can get past the advertising and the self-promotion (oh, wait a minute, self-promotion is Bruce’s job description), try this:

    Bruce Sterling, legendary science fiction novelist: http://blog.wired.com/sterling/

    Posted: 4 07 2006 - 18:45 | Permanent link to this comment

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