While I don’t advise everyone to track their daily word count, for me it has been enlightening. With the exception of the times when I take a deliberate break from writing, such as what I’m doing the rest of this month to catch up on to do list things, it...
A couple of weeks ago I received a newsletter from a BNA (Big Name Author), you know the kind who sells courses for $497 (or more!) who promise to tell you all the secrets to being a successful author(TM). And usually those secrets come with a good, solid kick of...
There’s something very powerful about putting your story, fiction or nonfiction, out into the world. It’s a vulnerable place, one that can cause a lot of grief. It’s a place that can dash your hopes and make you doubt your dreams. I’ve been...
I’ve been hiding something from you. And I admit, I’ve been a bit ashamed, not sure how my audience would receive it, and yet what I’ve been hiding has been screaming inside me to be let out, that I’ve seen all sides of the publishing industry...
Our fractured social media environment with its algorithms and volatility makes authors, and other creative small business people, feel as if they have to be on all the platforms all the time. And yet, even longer than ten years ago, the idea of being everywhere...
I don’t talk a lot about productivity very often because I don’t feel that it’s an end-goal in and of itself. However, there is something that I’ve learned over the past year that has really helped with my productivity and the way I feel about...
I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, in part because a lot of individuals are doing some amazing things within the writing community. It’s innovative; it’s interesting, and as someone who has been both on the publisher and on the author side of this...
Authors face a lot of self-doubt and fear. One of the biggest questions authors ask themselves–and I’m no stranger to this one either–is am I doing the right thing? We worry about our marketing strategy, whether we’re not doing enough or not...
My inbox started to fill on Monday with the Black Friday sales. Today, I had to laugh when I got an email from a company that said it was the “last days” to buy something at 50% off, because you know what? They sent an email last week that said it was my...
The more I write and pay attention to my own creative nervous system and mental health, the more I realize that stress and the outside world, including the emotional toll it takes, plays a large role in how much I write, what I write, and when I write. This week is a...
