Blogging for Authors: Yes or No?

Blogging for Authors: Yes or No?

by | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

How many blogs do you read? What topics interest you? Do you only read blogs on writing craft? Book marketing? Self-publishing? Or do you enjoy reading about the writing process, or what an author is working on? Have you ever read an author’s blog that is meant for...
The End

The End

by | Dec 8, 2019 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

James Scott Bell, begins his book The Last Fifty Pages, with the quote by Mickey Spillane: “The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.” I love that quote and it’s so very true. It’s also very true that endings are hard. Damned hard! We work to...
Asking the Right Questions

Asking the Right Questions

by | Dec 1, 2019 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

Sometimes when you write you just get stuck. No matter how well you plot, no matter how well you think things out beforehand, sometimes things just come to a sputtering halt in your writing and you aren’t sure how to go on. When that happens, I always find that asking...
Are you an introvert–that’s okay!

Are you an introvert–that’s okay!

by | Nov 24, 2019 | Blog, Life, Writing

Are you an introvert? My guess would be that your answer would be yes. I think that the majority of writers are. It makes sense since writing is an independent job that very few people do with someone else. I’ve been looking into introversion recently after hearing a...
Marketing Trials

Marketing Trials

by | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

To say that I’m not good at marketing would be like saying that there are clouds in the sky and rain falling from them. Here in Belgium, that’s true about 80% of the time. So too, do my marketing failures happen about 80% of the time I attempt to advertise my books. I...