It’s been a very cold week but one plus is when you’re forced to stay indoors because of wind chill warnings, writing’s the perfect cure for the wintertime blues. Question of the week, are you more productive with your writing in winter or summer? Non-fiction wise I’ve been putting together notes for some e-books I…
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A Review of Self-Publishing: Writing A Book And Publishing Books And E-Books For Yourself And Others by William Benitez
Over the holidays I finally got a chance to finish reading William Benitez’s book on self publishing. If you’re thinking about adding some titles on this topic to your bookshelf, here’s my review. As someone very interested in self-publishing, I’ve read lots of books on this subject. One thing I preferred about this title was…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Brand New Year
Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season. New year means new goals. I’ve started to make a list of what I want to achieve in 2014. Sometimes writing them down makes you more accountable. Right now I’m working on the second book in the Big Sky Cowboys trilogy and once again…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Winter Starts Tomorrow
Winter officially begins tomorrow and that means the days start getting longer again. Although where I live it’s looked like winter for about three weeks now! Question of the week. Do you get more writing done in the winter or summer? I think for me it’s about equal, although sometimes summer means outside things call…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Writing Goals
As 2013 winds down it’s a good time to start thinking about your writing goals and what you want to achieve in 2014. I keep a notebook next to me when I write and as well as jotting down character’s names and ages, etc., I also use it to keep track of the date and…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-It’s Freezing
The snow has arrived and it’s freezing cold. Not that I like either of those two things but it does make for great writing weather. Nothing else to do but sit inside and write…or even read. Well NaNoWriMo is over and now it’s time to start my second draft of the first story in my…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Last One in November
Only two days left of this year’s NaNoWriMo and it looks like I’m going to finish on target. I’m glad I took part because it’s not only made me look at my writing and how I write a little differently, but it’s given me lots of tips to share with the students who will be…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-In The Home Stretch
Just over a week to go until the end of this year’s NaNoWriMo. I think I’m going to reach my goal. Now I’m wondering if I can match this output again during the rest of the year. A big help has been changing projects during the month. Yes, I began writing the final story in…
I’m At ARe Cafe Today
Today I’m blogging about NaNoWriMo with some tips for starting a novel and keeping it going. Here’s the link- http://www.arecafe.com/cafe-news/susan-palmquist-nanowrimo/
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Half Way Point
It’s November 15th which means it’s the halfway point of this year’s NoNaWriMo. If you’re taking part, how’s it going? I’ve just about reached my goal. Some days I’m writing 1,300 words, while other days I’ve hit 2,000 or more. It’s changed my outlook on how I write and while I was working on the…