Interesting Links #15: Publishing, Sriracha Sauce & Mickey Spillane

I haven’t done an Interesting Links post for a couple of weeks because 1.) I’ve been busying finishing up SEVENFOLD SWORD: SHADOW, and 2.) I haven’t read that many interesting articles lately. But! I’ve accumulated enough to do an Interesting Links post.

-I never get offended when people don’t read my books: Why it’s Totally Okay if You Haven’t Read My Books (and Why it’s Almost Always Okay to Not Read Someone’s Book).

-Some good advice for writers here, and I agree with most of it: “I can’t imagine giving up the control I now have over my books and career.” 

-Chasing an Amazon sales rank is probably a waste of time: Amazon Ranking & Bestseller Lists: What’s The Deal?

-This is very true (he said, working on the 20th book featuring the same main character): Why Writing In A Series Will Make You More Money As A Writer.

-I agree with this. Also, sriracha sauce is excellent on sub sandwiches: The Sriracha Hot Sauce Guy Is An American Hero.

-It’s always best to deal with disputes privately rather than adjudicating them through the mob of social media. Though if you self-publish, you get to pick your own cover: Fantasy Author Terry Goodkind Wants Everyone to Know How Much He Hates His New Novel’s Cover Art.

-I’ve never read a Mickey Spillane book, but I think he had the right attitude towards writing fiction: Mickey Spillane’s Work Keeps Coming, 12 Years After His Death.

-JM