Inspiration

I have been writing a lot the past few days. I have finished an article and scribbling away on a novel. Not the novel, a practise story. Never knew it was possible to know so little about punctuation, dialogue, how to create a character without being too obvious and so forth.

The Internet is crawling with help, and I found this gem, The Easy Way to Write. Make your millions by writing a book on how to write a novel in 30 days. Now, I've chased him up through Google, and for some reason or the other, I couldn't find one of the millions of books, articles etc. that he has claimed to have written. Instead, he is the classic Internet bestselling author of the book on how to write a novel in 30 days. Especially interesting is the website link that explains how Rob has had far too many 'recording, stage, film, and TV credits' to mention. He is a master at fiction, it seems. But EVEN MORE interesting is another site link on the easy way to diet, also by Rob. A master at his craft.

I adore the Grumpy Old Bookman. His advice is practical and so negative it brings tears to my eyes and hope to my chest. Thing is, I dreamt of big money and prizes, and his book, which you can download for free from here, is fabulastic. Unlike some other, er, bestsellers, this is simple, old-fashioned good advice. After reading his book, I at least know what to expect (nothing) and that the only (non-existent) chance of literary success is possible after maybe 30 YEARS of hard work, and some luck.