Short Stories for your Newsletter

Short Stories for your Newsletter

by | Aug 16, 2020 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

I love writing backstory short stories of a transformative event in my main characters’ lives. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I write short stories to put into my newsletters and my readers love reading them. These are the sorts of stories that I write. These...
Take Time

Take Time

by | Aug 9, 2020 | Blog, Life, Writing

With all that’s going on in the world, we’ve all been so focused on staying strong and carrying on—I know I have! For me, it’s been almost a mission, a challenge to show that despite everything, I can still write. I can still work as if nothing has changed. I’ve seen...

Ugh… not Grammar!

by | Jul 26, 2020 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

Who here likes grammar? Who here thinks they know grammar? Understand it? Rarely make mistakes? Yeah… I didn’t think so. For most people, unless you have meticulously studied English grammar for years, it’s most likely that you don’t know it or only know some of it....

Newsletter Primer

by | Jul 19, 2020 | Blog, Business of Writing, Self-publishing, Writing

Of all the marketing options I’ve tried – and believe me, I’ve tried them all! – sending out a newsletter has been the one that has consistently worked. And when I mean worked, I mean I get a bump in sales every time I send one out, I have beta readers who I can rely...
Learning Craft

Learning Craft

by | Jul 12, 2020 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

How many books on writing do you have on your shelf—virtual or otherwise? I just did a quick run-through of the books on my physical shelf and those in my Kindle and, not counting books on marketing, I’ve got nearly thirty. Have I read them all? Not cover-to-cover,...