Over the years, I’ve spoken at science fiction/fantasy conventions, romance conferences, multi-genre conferences, bookstores and libraries, colleges and universities, writers groups and writing workshops, writers retreats, high schools, readers groups, museums, and civic associations. I’ve done panel discussions, chat-with sessions, formal speeches, informal Q&As, I’ve lectured and taught workshops, I’ve done readings, and performed some MC [...]

In previous blogs on this site, I’ve talked about Ninc activities and member benefits such as the annual Ninc conference (blog date 07/26); our exceptional monthly publication, Nink (08/02); the Ninc Legal Fund (08/22); Ninclink (09/29); and Ninc.com (10/27).
While that’s already quite a lot, given our modest annual dues (see “Join Ninc” on Ninc.com for [...]

One of Novelists, Inc.’s most popular features is Ninclink, the members-only e-list where Ninc members talk about almost everything imaginable—but mostly about writing books, selling books, researching books, the writing life, editors, agents, the publishing industry, the book market, electronic rights, piracy, writing software, good resources for office supplies, whether self-promotion is valuable or not [...]

Disclaimer: The following comments represent only the view of their author (me) who, though she is a brilliant and insightful individual, is speaking strictly on the basis of personal opinion and observation (albeit extensive and worthy of tremendous respect) rather than conveying any universally-accepted definitions or Received Wisdom whatsoever.
Pretty much everyone who reads books is [...]