Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
Another work week slowly comes to a close. Today the weather is perfect with sunny skies and just right temps. The garden isn’t so perfect and leaf raking calls my name. We’ve talked about motivation this week, well, I’m trying to find some in order to get out there and do what must be done. Did everyone hear…
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I love this quote because it reminds me no matter how many times we fail at something, there’s an opportunity to try again. Only we stand in the way of doing just that. This week if a rejection comes your way or a story isn’t working out as planned, simply start over.
Judy Penz Sheluk is back again and shares with us a story that illustrates how when one door closes another one opens… It was July 7, and I was enjoying a well-deserved six-week vacation at our camp on Lake Superior when the email arrived in my inbox: my traditional publisher, Barking Rain Press (BRP), announced that…
I almost forgot that’s it’s Friday. Summer’s going way too fast for my liking. I’m hoping that fall will be near perfect so I can squeeze in more outdoor reading and writing time before the first snowflake falls. Thank you to Madeline for her guest blog this week. It reminded me that I need…
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…
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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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