Planning, Journaling and Collaboration

Sep 29, 2019 | Blog, Life, Self-publishing, Writing

With the start of October, we move into something I hadn’t realized existed—Planner Season! Apparently, October is the time when people start thinking about what planner they’re going to use the following year. They look at all of the offerings out there and decide...

What Makes You Feel Like A Real Author

Aug 4, 2019 | Blog, Life, Self-publishing, Writing

The Writer’s Well Podcast has done it again. They’ve asked an incredibly fascinating and thought-provoking question: What makes you feel like a real author? They asked this of each other—the two hosts Rachel Herron and J. Thorn, as well as one of Rachel’s friends,...

A PSA on GMC

Apr 28, 2019 | Blog, Method, Self-publishing, Writing

Goal, motivation, and conflict is so incredibly necessary sometimes it just astounds me. Yes, it’s very helpful if a writer knows everything about the world in which their book is set. And yes, a knowledge of story structure is extremely helpful when writing a book....

My Advertising Journey Follow-up

Apr 21, 2019 | Blog, Method, Self-publishing, Writing

Last week I told you all that I would be trying out some advertising for the release of my newest book, the first in a series. I really wanted to make as big a splash with this book as I could since it’s a new beginning for me – this is the first completely new series...

A Journey into Advertising

Apr 14, 2019 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

As I prepare for the release of the first book of my new series, I’m naturally thinking about ads. I’ve been marketing the book to my newsletter readers—sending them chapters for the past three weeks and the link to buy the book. I’ve gotten a lot of wonderful...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Book Launch!

Mar 17, 2019 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

The countdown is happening fast, much faster than feels comfortable. There is so much to do for a book launch and so many different websites and people telling me what to do and what not to do. I could spend thousands of dollars if I want, or I could spend none at all...