I found this book to be an incredibly mixed bag. Some articles were very insightful. Others were little more than thinly veiled self promotion or biographical pieces describing their career. Indeed, the last 15 percent of the book are plot synopsis to everything one of the contributors ever wrote. In one piece, an author describes everything they did that day that wasn't writing, yet "I am still writing!" they insist. Not the most helpful article. If you give yourself permission to skip an artic...

I bought "Write Good or Die" back in December of 2010, but didn't actually read it until about February of this past year (2011). It's a good compilation of articles on writing, the business of publishing, authorial stories of their experiences, among other things that writers might find interesting. I kind of approached it as a bit of a grab bag of information. Some of the articles I thought were pertinent to me, while others I think more of a novice to writing would likely get more out of or j...

Hi Farnoosh, Today is Monday on my end so I wanted to send you the accountability update: 1. You feel that you are holding yourself accountable to what you committed to doing in the last week (or since we spoke)For the book, I have been jotting down chapter ideas: I still haven't completed the outline of the chapter list on asana..Writing the chapter list out seems like I'm making things 'final' which I know is not true, but thats making me hesitant. Also I feel that the next step I have to comm...

My main takeaways from this book: (1) book agents have no idea what they’re talking about; (2) editors mostly do; (3) your writing will suck at first (and for a while after that); (4) self-publish; (5) don’t self-publish; (6) the game is changing so fast that no one has any idea what they’re talking about; (7) don’t listen to this advice; (8) well, listen, but take it with a salt shaker; (9) don’t try and write the next Great American Novel; (10) try and write the next Great American Novel; (11)...

This was a great collection of blog posts on writing. I found about 90% of them useful, interesting, or inspiring.For a free book (free to Kindle/Nook users), it was an excellent overview of writing. My only word of caution is that some of the posts are about 2 years old and the nature of ePublishing has changed since then. Still, I will be reading the blog in those book to keep abreast of those changes.

This was so good that I took my time reading it in little bites and writing inbetween. Inspirational and instructural...I know that what makes me happy is perfecting the story! So I press...(-:Informative and very helpful easy read and it was free. Check it out!

This ebook contains a collections of articles written by experienced and best selling authors. The aspiring authors can learn a lot from these articles and the established writers can also pick up something new from this ebook. I enjoyed reading each one of them.

DecentThis had good advice....for 2010. I did find some tidbits which made it worth reading. The bottom line is you must write a good story first, then publish.

I have been working on writing a novel for the past year (with several others in the developmental process), so every time I find a book about writing, especially one by authors who have actually done it, I like to check it out to see what they say on the subject. I found this at 3 o'clock and thought, "It's free - what could it hurt?" I really enjoyed this book and even though I do feel that a few of the authors didn't give much actual information, it was nice to read what they had to say about...

Well, reading this a second time allowed me to pick up a lot of gems I missed the first time around. I'd recommend anybody that wants to be a writer to add this to their must read list. Great pointers, tips, suggestions, and insights from published authors, writers, and literary world figure heads.

Mostly dull, mostly predictable advice in, for some reason, a tiny font. When I hit the second unaltered blog post from Kristine Rush - who I think overwrites terribly - I stopped.

This is a writing guide featuring a collection of essays contributed by about dozen bestselling novelists. Editor Scott Nicholson has not only published it for free, but makes it available on his website for download to your e-reader (http://www.hauntedcomputer.com/writeg...).This guide is intended for new, unpublished authors. Experienced novelists might learn some new things, but primarily the advice will be useful to aspiring novelists just getting started. As such a person I found it *extrem...

A few helpful bits in here, but not much. It was free, so no big deal. I think I've read too many other writing help books to make this one worthwhile.

As with any book that’s a compilation of articles like this, there’s going to be some stuff you’ll find useful and some you won’t care for. A lot of things talked about ways to keep yourself motivated and make time for writing.Then we get into some articles on the actual craft of writing, and there was definitely some good stuff there, though I’m not really sure how much new info I walked away with.After I was something like 60% through with the book, I decided to just pick and choose the articl...

A collection of mostly out-dated blog posts. A bit of useful information here and there. Since you can nab it for free, you probably won't cry about it.

This book was a bit of a disappointment. It's given on the Internet for free, so perhaps I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth ... but I think the point of giving something away for free is that it's supposed to appeal to you enough to entice you to read more. And this book didn't do that, even though that was obviously its sole purpose.It was mainly just a collection of repurposed blog posts about writing from various authors, with no real thread to tie them all together. Topics ranged fro...

Write Good or Die is a great resource for new writers looking for some inspiration. Not inspiration in the vein of "here's a few ideas to write about", but more along the lines of words to get your writing butt in gear. This free ebook has some great essays that will resonate with writers, and others that - due to the heavy selection of horror/sf themed pieces - may interest only a few. For those of you who are interested in writing as a profession, this is a great book to start with, but not th...

Good collection of advice on writing and the various steps. Short articles from different authors cover everything from inception to publishing and advertising your work. Lots and lots of very helpful info and I loved the fact that the editor made sure to point out that not all the advice works for everyone and sometimes you have to take what works for you and use it then forget the rest.

Every aspiring author must read this delightful collection of essays compiled by Scott Nicholson. Each one gives priceless wisdom to the reader (for free). It will be one on the list of “books to read again” for every young writer.It is currently free to pick up so why not give a few chapters a look? You won't be disappointed.

Overall a lot of good information. A few things were a bit dated (I want to say the book was published in 2010 or 2011, so to be expected. A few sections were less relevant to indie authors than others, but all in all a really good read (and you can't beat the price).