#amreading Matt Ruff
When Lovecraft’s monsters weren’t as bad as 1950s racism, that says a lot.
When Lovecraft’s monsters weren’t as bad as 1950s racism, that says a lot.
Doing some light apocalyptic reading. #amreading
This is a good read, if only because it’s a lot of information from a lot of authors, and you’re...
Sometimes an editor’s job is a crap job. Mainstream publishers can, frankly, be a bit crap. One sent me a...
Here’s some advice to give your queries an edge. One thing I’d add to this list is that you should...
Some good resources for writers from Mark Tilbury. I’ll be going through this list when I get a chance. #amediting...
I feel for this guy. I’ve been there. This is the third time it has happened to me, and it...
Some good stuff to put on your author checklist, including the obvious one: don’t be a jerk on social media....
Getting some coffee and doing a little editing before working on my regular writing.
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a picture of my coffee cup. Well, the long wait is over!...
As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.
Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.
I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.
Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.