The End of an Era

There comes a time in every Blogger user's life when he or she decides to switch to Wordpress.

I already talked about doing this once, but I was kind of promising more than I could handle at the time. A lot has changed since then. I've learned a lot, and my priorities have changed. At this point, I've started to see this blog as a big mess. There are tons of entries that are kind of junky and meaningless, or that started things that never led anywhere. The formatting is extremely frustrating for me, too--still can't get that Twitter widget to look right.

Overall, though, it just doesn't offer the things that a Wordpress blog does. I've been using Wordpress quite often lately, both for my group blog, Obscure Authors Alliance (which is itself just getting up on its feet), and for my contributions to Operation Rainfall, a news site for video games. Each experience has taught me a lot about the site, and why it's beneficial to go there. I feel more connected to other people that way, and it's easy to find and mess with all the aspects I want. It's even fun to mess with the layout, in my opinion, and you might see it shift quite a bit.

After this point, I'm going to have two more entries that I'll post to both blogs. That will give a little bit of transition time, but I'd like people to follow the new blog, called Ephix Books, from now on.

So go on. You can find Ephix Books by clicking here.

Nonfiction Review: "Your Path to Publication"

Continuing from my last look at a few books about writing, I wanted to give you a peek at the latest one I've finished.

Your Path to Publication by Kim Wright is a little book that gives you a truly realistic view of what to expect if you want your book traditionally published. It's a tough world out there, and this isn't going to kid you about that. It's just going to give you all the tips you need. You'll learn where to go to meet an agent or publisher, how to interact with these people, and, of course, the art of the good old-fashioned query. It's brought up a lot of options that I didn't even know existed! Also, it does touch on self-publishing for a chapter, but that's really not what this book is about, and if you're going that route, don't waste your time. Read this book if you're serious about getting a deal with a publisher.

Sorry to give you only a short post after several days without one. Hopefully, this will tide you over until I bring out my news tomorrow.