Writing to Your Strengths

Writing to Your Strengths

by | Oct 6, 2024 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

I am a very strong believer in trying new things—whether it be a new food, a new experience, or something new with your writing. With just about every book I write, I try to use a new tool or a new way of organizing my writing. I try new programs—Scrivener, Atticus,...
Showing Emotion

Showing Emotion

by | Sep 22, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

Continuing on with the Emotion Theme: We’ve all been there: reading a book, looking forward to the exciting bit where the hero(ine) really gets to show their chops. We know it’s coming, and we’ve been looking forward to it since we figured out that they’ve got to...
Bringing Emotion

Bringing Emotion

by | Sep 15, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

When I first started writing, I was told that if my character cried on the page, my reader wouldn’t. If I wanted to bring tears to my reader’s eyes, my character’s eyes needed to be dry while they were completely torn up inside. As with every “Rule” of writing, you...
An Entrepreneurial Failure

An Entrepreneurial Failure

by | Sep 1, 2024 | Blog, Business of Writing, Writing

According to the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School, two-thirds of all startups fail. Another statistic cited is that 90% of startups fail within five years. Publishing companies are not only not immune to this, they probably start and...
Ugh, Marketing!

Ugh, Marketing!

by | Aug 25, 2024 | Blog, Business of Writing

I think I know one, maybe two, authors who actually like marketing—and that’s out of over a hundred authors who I know. Marketing is the bane of my authors’ lives. Whether you are traditionally published or indie, you have to market the books you publish (unless you...