I am a Writer!
I am a writer! This might seem self-evident to anyone who’s read my bio, but I make this point for a reason – when do you start calling yourself “a […]
I am a writer! This might seem self-evident to anyone who’s read my bio, but I make this point for a reason – when do you start calling yourself “a […]
There are volumes to be written on the difference between reading ebooks and paperbacks. Fortunately, the eventual form the book will take doesn’t yet affect the actual writing of it
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I am a casual writer. …Meaning, writing is not how I make my living and I do not follow any schedule for writing and publishing. I do not have a
I read an interview recently where a writer mentioned how much emphasis is placed on marketing these days, as though marketing will sell your books. She went on to say
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How does a writer get an idea for a story? The old saying “Write what you know” comes to mind. Recently, a new follower on Twitter sent me the tweet
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For writers, the rule is ironclad. All the experts tell us we absolutely, positively must have a website. So you do it. You register “yourauthorname.com,” fire up WordPress and you’re
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Okay, I’m probably not alone in this, but it’s maddening how many ideas come to me when I’m not really at leisure to write any of them down. 1 AM
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A writing career isn’t for the faint-hearted. It’s for the tough. It’s for the ferocious. You’ll find yourself writing things that you never meant to write, and defending things that
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I started writing when I could pick up a pen. Or pencil. Or crayon. I wrote this work – from a series I called “Little Books for Children” – at
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Self-publishing is nothing new: Proust, Joyce, Mark Twain, Zane Grey, Upton Sinclair, Carl Sandburg, Anais Nin did it… and the list goes on and on, and no one is going
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42. <Scanning the comments for people who got the reference.> OK, silliness aside, it’s a good thing to ponder. It’s a thing I doubt anyone will ever NOT ponder. Isn’t
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