Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
Here’s today’s guest blogger D.V Stone with why the delete button is a good thing… Shakespeare said in Merchant of Venice, “All that glitters is not gold.” Unfortunately, for an author, neither are all your words. Many people think editing is chasing down grammar and punctuation issues. That’s true, but editing a novel is so…
It’s March and it probably comes as no surprise that it’s snowing again. I can’t remember the last time there was a winter with not just snow but heavy snowstorms every few days or so. I think lots of people will appreciate spring this year. I know I will. The February classes are history…
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Today’s guest blogger is J.J. DiBenedetto, he’s a pantser or is he? There are as many different ways to write a novel as there are writers, but I want to speak up for those of us who don’t outline, who don’t plot out in detail, who discover the story as it goes along. Yes, I’m…
A few months ago a friend asked me why I decided to teach writing workshops and launch a coaching and mentoring service when it obviously cuts into my own writing time. I didn’t have to think about my response, in the same way, I didn’t think about whether or not I should teach. Just…
Welcome to the first Friday Ramblings of the month. I was hoping to write this one outside because the sun is shining but it’s gotten windy in the last hour or so. This weekend I’m dragging out the patio table and chairs and determined that next week I’ll be doing the first al fresco writing of…
Read more Friday Ramblings From An Author-Getting Ready for Al Fresco Writing
Happy Friday everyone. You know you’ve been working too hard, staring at the computer for too long when weird things start happening to your eyes. That’s what happened to me on Sunday evening and it scared me so much that I went to the eye doctor to get things checked out. It turns out…
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Happy Friday everyone. This one’s rolled around faster than last week’s. Have you been enjoying all the guest blogger posts? I have two more lined up for next week. If you’d like to be a guest blogger I’ll be opening up slots for May onwards early next month so stay tuned. I’m slowly making my way through the…
Welcome to summer…or winter if you’re in the southern part of the world. It doesn’t feel much like summer today but I’m not complaining because the cooler temps are just fine with me. This week I’ve been participating in an online retreat. Not a writing one, but workshops that center around creativity. One common theme…
Read more Friday Ramblings From An Author-Self-Publishing Made Easy
Ever had one of those weeks? Yes we all have them and this week it was my turn. It’s been a hot and humid week and where I live that means storms. And storms mean the power and internet connection goes out more than you’d like. If you work at home that’s not a good…
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Release day for my new Big Sky County book. Last Rambling I didn’t have the cover so here it is- My February release will also a Big Sky County story and I’m currently working on another one. My initial idea for the series was to keep them unrelated, but since I wrote Connor they’ve all be…
