Category: Writing

YOUR Advice? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional

~ Kana Smith ~ 71 Comments

A blogging-friend emailed me today to say she has finished her novel (pause here to CHEER for her!) and she wondered what I thought about self-publishing versus finding an agent and traditional publisher.  I have no authority or experience on this question, having neither written nor published a book--though husband and two sons are pretty … Continue reading YOUR Advice? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional

When you Assume… you make an ASS out of U & ME

~ Kana Smith ~ 63 Comments

This isn't the post I was going to write today, but a thought-provoking interaction online has me starting with that title. It's a title that would be objectionable to the person to whose comment I'm responding--but I should back up and share the scenario first. A friendly fellow blogger re-blogged yesterday's post about building a … Continue reading When you Assume… you make an ASS out of U & ME

Girls with Guns: I Broke a Nail, but the Magazine’s Loaded

~ Kana Smith ~ 21 Comments

My husband and I are really terrible about birthday and Christmas and anniversary gifts.  It's not that we forget the holidays--it's that we never manage to wait to give a gift on the actual holiday for which it was intended.  Sometimes I manage to hit his birthday, but that's only because he'll get what was … Continue reading Girls with Guns: I Broke a Nail, but the Magazine’s Loaded

On the Ethics of Storytelling, and the Art of Making Shit Up

~ Kana Smith ~ 28 Comments

I've mentioned before that my mother is my story-telling idol.  Well, she's one of several...  My storytelling-on-pages idol is Robert Jordan (who had the audacity to go and die before finishing the Wheel of Time series I've been waiting on since I picked up the first book in 1992... though I'm relieved to report that … Continue reading On the Ethics of Storytelling, and the Art of Making Shit Up

Some barely-related stories, and memories of a Storyteller

~ Kana Smith ~ 16 Comments

I have to say, I quite enjoyed the ethical discussion spurred by the post about my writing-dilemma last week ("Cheatin' on a Cheater").  Not everyone was in favor of my "solution" (if, indeed, my decision deserves such a designation)--but we all got to thinking, didn't we? On a related topic, this morning I also enjoyed reading … Continue reading Some barely-related stories, and memories of a Storyteller