Scheduling Your Work

Scheduling Your Work

So, tell me truthfully, how has this pandemic been going for you? Have you been able to keep your writing going? Have you spent more of your days sitting and staring out the window than actually tapping away at your keyboard? Has your writing been productive or have...
Finding Beta Readers

Finding Beta Readers

Once you’re done writing your masterpiece, rereading it, editing it, reading it again, having it professionally edited, making corrections, reading it again, having it proofread, and reading it through once more, do you send it to beta readers? If so, where do you...
Getting it all done

Getting it all done

It is kind of sad, but being a professional author in today’s world means studying writing craft, keeping abreast of an ever-changing industry, publishing to social media at least once a day, sending out a monthly newsletter, running your own ads and other marketing...
Conference Follow-up

Conference Follow-up

Last week I wrote about the importance of attending virtual conferences. Because they are so easy to attend – from your own home in your PJs if you want and usually less expensive than attending a regular conference (the conference fees are less, there are no travel...
Pushing forward and pulling back

Pushing forward and pulling back

Wow, it’s a day of mixed messages! I’ve been feeling down because my business as a book coach is just starting and starting a new business is always a slow slog. It will probably take months of really working hard at it to get any sort of response, let alone clients....