Reality in Self-Publishing With a Side of Comedy
For a bit of reality and insane humour, about self-publishing a book. The first bit is the humour of it all, how sometimes writers can feel this way, the second is the reality. Steps are important to writing, but sometimes…
Joining the Mile High Club
A writer’s guide to flying A few days ago I set off for my first visit to the great and beautiful west of Canada from Toronto, Ontario. It was somewhat of a spontaneous flight, having only decided it and booked…
Guest Post Michelle: Writing Fan Fiction
Hello! I am Michelle, also known as 221Btls on Archive of Our Own and Tumblr. Just the fact that I am guest blogging is a direct example of why I love writing. It would be difficult to pull from each…
Does Money Come When You Ask? Or At Least Once You’e Published a Book?
Hey, I need money… I am asking, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. I wish. I’ve published a book, and sales are fairly steady. This does not mean that I have a lot of money coming my way,…
Stats Are a Beautiful Thing: Make Money by Telling Someone Something?
Yes, I had to laugh. I got traffic from the search engines here. This blog which I have worked so hard on is now getting more search engine traffic. That in and of itself is pretty neat. There was more, and…
Busy Writing.. or Writing Busy?
We like to think that we are doing well when we write. After all we are busy writing, maybe writing a blog post, or working on some bit of editing. Then there are times when we are writing busy– answering…
If I were a Journal
I find humor work at the best of times, so this blog entry will be a bit on the funny side, but work with me here. If I were a journal, I’d love for people to write in more, tell…
10 Things I hate about Writing
1) Editing my manuscript this often 2) Thinking up new ideas. 3) being Funny, when really I’m not. 4) Editing 5) Editing 6) Rewrites 7) Rewrites 8) Editing 9) Editing 10) Marketing and Visions of Editing that Plan. As you…