Marketing, We’re all Struggling

Mar 3, 2019 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

No one ever said that being a self-publisher was easy. The best thing about being one, however (aside from having full control over your books and how they’re published), is the camaraderie. Ninety-five percent (or more) of all self-published authors are probably...

How to Write a Romance

Feb 24, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

A friend of mine who writes horror was thinking of writing a romance novel as a change, so I thought maybe I’d give her a little advice. Let’s start with the definition of a romance – it’s a story where two beings (people/creatures/aliens, whatever) fall in love and...

A Writer’s Traits, Continued

Feb 17, 2019 | Blog, Life, Writing

Continued from last week… here are the last five traits of a writer. 6. Like being alone The funny thing about being a writer is that we tend to write when we’re not actually with anyone else. Yes, some writers write best in a coffee shop or when surrounded by...

A Writer’s Traits

Feb 10, 2019 | Blog, Life, Writing

Are you a writer? Just putting words down on a piece of paper or computer screen does not necessarily make you a writer. Writers are known to have certain traits. You don’t have to have all of them, but most writers have most of them. Some of these traits, if you...

Do you have enough?

Feb 2, 2019 | Blog, Life, Self-publishing, Writing

So frequently I hear something on Joanna Penn’s podcast that really gets me thinking. This week it was when she hosted Paul Jarvis (which was actually last week’s podcast, but I just listened to it today). How much is enough? He was talking about how much...

Online Classes

Jan 27, 2019 | Blog, Life, Writing

I love teaching. I’ve actually got a master’s degree in education that I got thinking that that’s what I was going to do with my life. I used to teach at my local community college in their continuing education department, which was fantastic – enthusiastic, committed...