Give Yourself a Holiday Gift

Give Yourself a Holiday Gift

As we get closer to the end of the year, it’s natural – and even expected – to pause and think of everything we achieved (or didn’t) in the past year. I took a few minutes to look back through my calendar. It has this lovely column to one side of each full-month...
My New Writing Software Passion: Fictionary

My New Writing Software Passion: Fictionary

I get very passionate about software and writing tools – I don’t know if you’ve noticed that about me. I find something new and I have to have it, play with it, use it… for at least one book, if not more. I’ve tried out a lot of writing software (you can find my list...
The Most Important Thing

The Most Important Thing

Sometimes it’s the most simple thing that can turn us on our writing heads. The article by Sharon Bially and published on Writer UnBoxed was one of those. She tells the story of when her son was asked by his elementary school teacher to complete the following sentence...
Scheduling Your Work

Scheduling Your Work

So, tell me truthfully, how has this pandemic been going for you? Have you been able to keep your writing going? Have you spent more of your days sitting and staring out the window than actually tapping away at your keyboard? Has your writing been productive or have...
Getting it all done

Getting it all done

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...