Writing an Excellent Blog Post
Writing a good blog post is easy. Almost any writer can write a good blog post, but writing an excellent blog post is harder to do. Blogging is a great writing career, but it can also be challenging. I was…
Thinking About Self-Publishing with AuthorHouse or Xlibris?
AuthorHouse, iUniverse and Xlibris are a vanity presses. That is the end of the story — at least it is for many writers. They know about how self-publishing works, even if they won’t self-publish but they also feel there are more…
AuthorHouse and “Publishing”.
What do you need when you decide that your writing is good enough? (Hint: just “good enough” really isn’t!) Most writers who want to have their book published, and have it make them money, and they need to start at…
Creative Writing Challenges
There are many days when you want to write in a more creative way. There are also times when the process of writing can bring you down, or in a way that you will find is more passionate than you…
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…
When Writing is Easy
There are days when writing is easy, something about it seems to flow, and you enjoy the sounds of your thoughts and your fingers seem to dance across the keyboard. If you are really lucky, you will not make many…
When Writing is “Boring”
Some days are like that you can sit there at the computer and type away at the keyboard and whatever you do does not seem like it is something you really want to be writing. As writers we do not…
In Between Publishing and Writing
There is that horrible place in between publishing and writing. It’s the place where you write and send out query letters and wait. The problem is that while you are waiting, your mind comes up with some rather interesting ideas.…
