What’s Your Marketing Goal?

What’s Your Marketing Goal?

by | Nov 8, 2020 | Blog, Business of Writing, Writing

Yesterday Pru Warren and I recorded a future episode of The Writers’ Block Party Podcast—we always record them about three weeks in advance of when we’re going to post it. The topic was how much money you should or could be spending on marketing—your marketing budget....
Your Author Business

Your Author Business

by | Nov 1, 2020 | Blog, Business of Writing, Writing

Sometimes as you’re delving deep into your story, writing down to the bones, as it were, it’s hard to remember that writing is a business. But as I write this post, it’s the end of the month which means that those lovely (or sometimes extremely disappointing) deposits...
Writing down to the scene

Writing down to the scene

by | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

Do you plot each scene in your book? Do you think about it beforehand? Know what you’re going to write? Or do you just generally know what’s got to happen and let it go allowing the characters to do what they will? You all know by now that I’m a great advocate of...
Writing a Mystery

Writing a Mystery

by | Oct 18, 2020 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

I’m so excited! I’ve got a new coaching client and she wants me to help her develop a mystery series concept and plot out the first book in the series. Woohoo!!! My absolute all-time favorite thing to do is develop a book. I love delving into character creation, story...
The Most Important Thing

The Most Important Thing

by | Oct 11, 2020 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing, Writing Craft

Sometimes it’s the most simple thing that can turn us on our writing heads. The article by Sharon Bially and published on Writer UnBoxed was one of those. She tells the story of when her son was asked by his elementary school teacher to complete the following sentence...

Jutoh 3.0: A Review

by | Oct 4, 2020 | Blog, Business of Writing, Method, Self-publishing, Writing

I love the formatting software Jutoh. I have not made a secret of this. I have been using it for many years as a professional formatter. I teach a class on how to use it. I’ve even got a free video up on YouTube on how to get started formatting with Jutoh. And just...