Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
Today it seemed like it was a major release day because Cobblestone Press, publisher of many of my first titles, added my books to the Bookstrand site. For an hour or so all the new releases listed on the site were mine and it felt like I’d been working extra hard at writing! This week…
It’s been a short work week and I have to own up to something, not much writing’s been tackled these last few days. I usually spend a holiday writing, but yesterday I treated myself to a comfy chair and read a magazine. Today I watched the two semi-final games of the tennis at Wimbledon and now I’m…
Read more Friday Ramblings From An Author-A Lazy Summer’s Day
It’s been spring and it’s also been winter. Yes, it snowed again today. I haven’t decided whether cold or warm weather is better for writing. We have just a handful of people registered so far in the POV workshop that begins on Monday, so if you know anyone who wants to brush up on their…
A beautiful sunny day where I am, and the first one in what seems like a long time. I was tempted to take the afternoon off. Another busy week comes to an end. I finalized everything with Death Likes Me and now it’s being processed at Feed A Read. Also did a couple of edits…
Read more Friday Ramblings From An Author-April’s Nearly Over
Hope everyone’s had a good week, the first full one of 2013. Sometimes it’s tough to get back into the swing of things when you’ve taken some time off during the holidays. Most of my week as been devoted to editing upcoming stories. I’m also working on some covers for books. Graphics is my Achilles’ heel…
This is my first ramblings of the year. And Happy New Year to you all. I did take some time off over Christmas, watched some movies and caught up with my reading. Now it’s back to work. Most of this week has been devoted to editing. I’m currently working on edits for an upcoming story, the…
You know you’re busy when you’re considering sticking Post It Notes in every room and maybe on parts of your body. Just today I was thinking about the upcoming four day holiday over Thanksgiving weekend and how I was looking forward to taking a break but then I remembered when you’re self-employed there are no…
Happy November. How many of you are attempting to write a novel this month? My goal is to finally finish the romantic suspense story I’ve been working on since…well, it seems like most of the summer. I’ve been sidetracked by one too many other story ideas and my freelance work. It’s almost the end of…
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the site this week to celebrate Evernight Publishing’s second birthday and left comments. And if haven’t already stopped by my other site www.vanessadevereaux.com. I’m giving away a copy of Just Vamps. It’s the 13 author anthology devoted just to vampires and is released next week. Speaking of vampires,…
You know you’re busy when you eat your lunch sitting in front of your computer. And sometimes it’s one of the perils of being self-employed. This week I feel my do list isn’t getting any shorter despite me doing more work. Anyone else ever feel that way? It’s been a mixed week of teaching, editing,…
