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The Indelible Importance of Stories

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As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m building a post about dashes. But I was also without my reference materials for most of this week because I was traveling. The travel also meant I was away from the internet for a while, so I can’t really give you a set of wonderful roundup links.

Instead, I want to share this TED talk from Chimamanda Adichie called “The Danger of a Single Story.” It’s a few years old (July 2009), but it’s pure gold. Adichie hits on a tangible function of stories: they help us learn how to see and understand other people. The more stories we experience—be it through literature, film, music—the more people we understand. If you limit the stories you know about people, you limit yourself.

So listen to Adichie’s stories. They’re worth hearing.

Weekly Roundup: 12/31–1/6

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The Rook Trailer

You all know how excited I am about The Rook, which comes out next week, right? Then you’ll all want to watch the book trailer, right? Of course you will!

Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Writers: Will Work for Cheap

Kristine Kathryn Rusch looks at the money writers make. As you might expect, she tears down certain traditional publishing standards, but she hardly leaves self-publishers unscathed. If you write, regardless of how you intend to publish, you should read this. Afterward you might still have the mentality Rusch attacks (i.e., it’s better to be read than paid), but you’ll be more aware of the choice you’re making.

This post is longer than those on most other blogs, but it’s well worth the read.

Daisy Whitney: 7 Best Practices for Building an Online Presence

Author Daisy Whitney looks at some best practices in the online world. I’m a big proponent of authors figuring out how to be in the internet’s eye before they really dig in to blogging and social media as marketing platforms, and Whitney does a good job of giving you a foundation.