One-Night Book Stands

Late Last Night Books is a blogzine about fiction written by novelists. I was asked to write a guest blog forblogzine about dialogue. The result is “Breaking Bad Dialogue: Be Careful Who You Talk For.”

“You’ve probably heard the advice before: be careful who you talk to. But when dealing with dialogue, it’s even more important to be careful who you talk for.”

Breaking bad dialogue can go a long way to improving your writing—and your reading experience.

Read the blog at the following link.

http://latelastnightbooks.com/2014/12/01/eric-d-goodman-secrets-good-dialogue/

 

I Explain Why I Blog in Writers Weekly

People blog for many different reasons. I began blogging in June of 2005, not quite sure what I was doing. I’d always identified myself as a writer, and I specifically wanted to bring some attention to fiction.

As I posted writing advice from authors I’d met at book events, like John Irving, Tom Wolf, E.L. Doctorow, Tim O’Brien, Alice McDermott, Elmore Leonard, Alexander McCall Smith, Salmon Rushdie and the likes, I came to understand my ultimate purpose as a blogger. I was blogging to sell books—to get people interested in reading. IN part, so perhaps one day my readers would read my own book. But primarily because I wanted to get readers reading books.

I write all about my evolution as a blogger in Writers Weekly, the highest circulation freelance writing ezine in the world. You can read the feature article here.

http://writersweekly.com/this_weeks_article/006946_09212011.html

If you’re a blogger, why do you blog? If not, why do you read blogs?