Guest Blogger Judy Croome: Writers, What Are You Really Saying?
What are you really saying? When a writer trawls through her pages, carefully removing a word here, or changing another word there, how does she know which word to delete and which new word to use? What makes one word more suited to this sentence, but…
15 Reader Questions Answered
This month, on Living a Life of Writing, we opened our doors for reader questions about publishing, self-publishing, numbers, writing and just generally what it is like to be a writer. Most of these questions have to do with “numbers”…
Don’t Doubt Others When It Comes to Publishing a Cover
I was working with my co-author and now that the books have been sent to the editors, there was more work which needed to be done. It’s not hard to write a book but it’s a lot harder to decide…
Book Signing Advice
I recently had a book signing for one of my books. This was when taken into context, a success. Over the course of about 3 hours, I was able to connect and re-connect with at least 100 readers. To me,…
The Writer’s Playlist
Take the “5 Songs That Inspire You” Challenge Whenever I need that little extra motivation I like to listen to certain songs that make me feel good. Normally, I play pop, but I do branch out to hard rock, and…
Writing on the Backs of the Masters
There are so many ways for writers to write well, improve their writing, and publish more books. Writers often forget that a part of writing is being passionate about the topic they write about each day. They have to edit…
Influence and the Beatles
There aren’t many people who would argue that the Beatles have influence- or rather don’t have influence. Even fewer still would argue that they have never heard of them. They are the most successful rock band of the 1960s—possibly of…
Baby Everything is All Write?
I want to have a book published very soon. Whenever I mention that I have published a book, most people have that reply: oh okay. They aren’t exactly excited, and maybe it is because I open my big mouth too…
