What do *you* want?

What do *you* want?

I’ve been a member of my local RWA chapter for over twenty years and just today our current president actually managed to do something no other has ever done: she sent out a questionnaire and got answers back from over 90 % of the membership. Now, don’t...
A Writer’s Retirement

A Writer’s Retirement

I think I’ve retired. It’s kind of snuck up on me. I’ve always planned on retiring at about age 60 when my husband retired from his job. He’s not yet taken that step, but I seem to have done so. Retirement, for me, doesn’t mean that I’m not writing, not editing, not...
Testing a book launch

Testing a book launch

I’ve got a new book coming out at the end of this month so I’m going to do something I’ve done very (read “too”) rarely. I am marketing my book. Yes! I actually sat down and made a plan and am now carrying it out. This is almost unheard...
Are you being heard?

Are you being heard?

A blog post on Writers in the Storm (which has quickly become my favorite writing blog) got me thinking (as all good blog posts should, really). The post was called “The Tools Have Changed But Your Voice Still Matters.” And it details how, in even as few as five years...
The All-Important Newsletter

The All-Important Newsletter

A newsletter is a lot more important than a lot of new authors realize. Here’s a list of all that a newsletter can do for you. Writing a newsletter makes you think about who you are in your writer persona. Who you are in real life is not necessarily who you are online...
Succeeding

Succeeding

How do you know when you’ve made it? How do you know when you have succeeded? What is your definition of success? This can be with anything in your life: your marriage, your full-time job, your tennis game, whatever! But, of course, what I’m talking about right now is...