The BetaBooks Blog

News about BetaBooks, with thoughts on writing, reading, and publishing sprinkled in.

Choosing Ghost

A lot of people blog via Wordpress. A lot of people are wrong. Here's why I chose Ghost.org instead: 1. Markdown If you're not familiar with it, go get familiar with it here and here . Markdown (and it's screenplay variation, Fountain ), are the future of manuscripts. It's already ...

Day One

Once upon a time I had a blog. I wrote long articles two or three times a week, and practically killed myself trying to make the content as great as possible. I got invited to do some public speaking off that, which was kind of neat. But the pace just ...

About

My name is Andrew, and I'm learning to tell stories. That's really it, for now. I'm not exactly sure how transparent I want to be about my personal life on this blog. I'll tell some stories, I'm sure. I'll probably open up, over time, as I get a bit less ...