Celebrating Ten Years (!!) of Blogging

Oct 10, 2021 | Blog, Life, Writing

On October 9, 2011, I wrote my very first blog post. It was all about how I was trying to teach myself HTML and had an absolutely horrid drawing that I drew myself (I’m not even going to link to it, and I don’t think it shows up anymore on that page because I am so...

Getting it all done

Sep 13, 2020 | Blog, Business of Writing, Life, Writing

It is kind of sad, but being a professional author in today’s world means studying writing craft, keeping abreast of an ever-changing industry, publishing to social media at least once a day, sending out a monthly newsletter, running your own ads and other marketing...

Blogging for Authors: Yes or No?

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...