Love What You Do… but Also Publish What You Do?
How can someone say that they love what they do when they sound so angry about it? In fact, I was able to talk to a few writing friends over the past few days, and one of them made the…
The Many Reasons You Write On Blogs
Writers are strange and wonderful people. We all think writing is great, and we want to learn more and add more to our personal wealth of knowledge. For many reasons, we want success in our writing, and we would like…
Publishing News: A Bit of An Update
It’s almost here! I am so excited. Okay, let me relax and be a bit more coherent. After tons of edits and tons of re-writes, I’ve sent my manuscript off to the publisher. That is an accomplishment in my mind. …
Improving Your Writing: Many Ways For Writers To Improve
I think that we can all agree that as writers we need to consistently improve our writing. This can mean increasing the word count that we write each day or changing the style and tone of our writing. Everything can…
Of Money and Making Money Writing
I have to admit that writing is both something that I do for fun and something I do for money. It is not the paradox that many might think, but rather it is something that one simply becomes used to. …
Publishing a Draft? Think Again
You really can’t publish a half-finished work, even if you think it’s done. Someone else, multiple someone elses need to read it through and point out to you where the plot sags or the writing goes astray, and only then…
The Responsible Self-Publisher
Most people want to publish their books. This is true for many writers, and while a work in progress is still a work in progress, I would like to point a few things out. Writers need to think of their…
Kindle Ready? Are You Ready for E-book Publishing?
I decided that I am going to have a Kindle edition of this book. I am pretty excited bout this because I was back and forth asking myself if this is such a grand idea. I think that it is. …
