Asking the Right Questions

Asking the Right Questions

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!

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

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...
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My apologies to you all who were looking for more help getting ready for NaNoWriMo. I just needed to write this today… Writers live with failure. We live with rejection. It’s just part of the business of being a creative. Is it any wonder, then, that we’re like...
Creating Your Character’s Arc

Creating Your Character’s Arc

With NaNoWriMo just a few weeks away, I’m working feverishly to get my next book plotted and ready to go so that on November 1 (well, okay, November 4 because November 1 is a holiday where I live and I’m taking that weekend) I’ll be ready to hit the page typing—kind...