J.K. Rowling "bashes" unauthorised Harry Potter encyclopaedia

I just posted a little rantlet on this subject in my blog, and thought I'd draw attention to it here for those of you who don't subject yourself to my ramblings on a regular basis. Whoever would have thought that writers would want to protect their own material, eh? Cheeky sods.

Learned Helplessness and the Writing Life

Roger Morris has an absolutely fascinating post on his blog about trying to promote your books (and the possible pointlessness thereof).

And Dr. Ian Hocking dropped a line in Roger's comment trail directing us to his marvelous post on the "locus of control."

Now I understand why I'm so depressed. Doesn't fix anything, but at least I have a name for it: Learned Helplessness.

The writer's life.