Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
Monday Motivation time again. This week I want you to think about your writing peers. Are they helping you write? Helping you get published? Being positive and cheering you on? When I first started writing, I was lucky enough to have my father as my cheerleader. Each time a rejection letter fell into the mailbox,…
Here’s a goal for the upcoming week. Try and get rid of any distractions that take you away from your writing. It could be you spend too much time on social media, watching YouTube, or checking your e-mail. Figure out what it is and make it history.
I know you can interpret quotes in many ways. However, as a writer I like to think this one means if writing is your truly you’re thing and it’s that thing that excites and you can wait to sit down and write then you’re going to get the work done. I also think you’ll be good…
Let’s kick off the writing year this quote. Lots of writers stumble or give up because they think the first draft has to be perfect. It doesn’t. Sometimes the second draft stinks too but that’s okay, that’s the lesson part of this quote. No one starts out as a bestselling author. Give yourself permission to…
It’s the second week in a row that I’ve had a guest blogger no show. I like to have something posted on the site for you every week day so it’s meant I’ve had to fill in on a moment’s notice. For some writers that sets off a panic attack. Years ago that would…
You know the saying all work and no play? That’s true for writing too. I’ve often worked non-stop on a book and felt drained by the time I typed the last word. Writing is supposed to be fun but if you push yourself too hard it becomes more of a chore. That’s something you…
When I first began writing I used to see this image in my head. It was me, a published author, in a bookstore signing copies of my latest book. Sometimes when I got a rejection letter or didn’t feel like my work was good enough, I sit and dream about one day being in that…
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One day during my struggling writer years, I walked out to the mailbox and had not one, but three rejection letters sitting there. After opening them, and having a good cry, I thought about one thing. No writer begins their career (well, there might be a few lucky ones), with a yes on their…
