Taking one for the team

Taking one for the team

I hate grammar. I think I might have mentioned that here before. I just find it so incredibly boring! I can find no interest at all in the different parts of speech, all the rules, where to place commas—all of it. And yet, I just spent a great deal of money on a...
AuthorTube!

AuthorTube!

AuthorTube! As my husband said when I said the word aloud to him, “What the heck is that?” Have you heard of it? I certainly hadn’t until I attended the SelfPubCon a few weeks ago. It’s similar to BookTok and Bookstagram, only it’s for authors—and there is,...
Sustaining Your Author Career

Sustaining Your Author Career

It is the oddest fact that as an author, you cannot count on your book earnings for your livelihood. Most authors (me included) don’t earn enough on their book sales to pay the rent, let alone, utilities, groceries, and all the other expenses of every day life. We all...
Revelations about book sales

Revelations about book sales

The trial concerning the potential merger of Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House has drawn to a close with some incredible revelations. Joanna Penn, in her podcast, The Creative Penn, talked about three major points made by Jane Friedman in her Hot Sheet...