I heart Joshilyn Jackson's blog

I was meandering around the bookweb, minding my business, when I came upon A Good Blog is Hard to Find, which cracked me up because I love that Flannery O'Connor story, though her title has man instead of blog. Anyway! On this blog, which was ok, I happened onto Joshilyn Jackson's blog, and my horrendous no good very rotten day just got a little brighter. I decided I had to start at blog entry the first, so I scrolled back to 2004 and started at the very begining, which, after all, is a very good place to start. I sort of feel like I'm obsessively stalking her, but, hey, she's got it out there for public consumption.

The woman is hilarious. Included in her ramblings about her various goings-on are insights into her writing life, which are very cool. My favorite entry/idea so far (as of November 2004): her method for writing a novel - BITCH OK! (butt in the chair hands on the keyboard!).

Just because you can, should you?

"Borders recently started a self-publishing program with the print-on-demand company Lulu. Would-be authors can pay $299 for formatting, printing and an ISBN code, or for the $499 “premium package,” an editor will address structure, plot and documentation, along with basics like grammar, punctuation and spelling." - The New York Times: You're a Writer? Me, Too!

I fear we're approaching the end.