Wayne JonesWayne Jones

Wayne Jones is a writer, podcaster, and editor in Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of a book on personal minimalism, Less and Less; a biography, My Sam Johnson: A Biography for General Readers; and the novel The Killing Type. He's also the co-author of a biography of the standup comedian, Greg Giraldo: A Comedian’s Story. Wayne also hosts the podcast Writing & Editing. For more detail about these and other activities, see WayneJones.ca.
Why I Prefer to Read Fiction without Lessons or Messages
Image: an abstract painting filled with large brushstrokes of red, orange, yellow, teal, blue, and purple.
As with abstract painting, fiction can find worth in technique rather than specific meaning—emphasizing not the What, but the How ...
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/ Fiction Craft, Guest Post
How Smaller Organisms Adapt to Amazon in the Self-Publishing Ecosystem
Image: On white paper is a simple drawing in permanent marker of a road forking into two paths. At the end of each path is a stack of coins, but one stack is twice as tall as the other.
An independent author wonders why two publishing services companies sell their clients’ books at different prices than Amazon ...
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/ Guest Post, Self-Publishing