Q&A with Author, Mary Smathers
Please welcome Mary Smathers to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. Enjoy!
Please welcome Mary Smathers to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. Enjoy!
In this time of upheaval and potential for great change — for the better or worse is up to each of us –, I have some writing resources for you because through our art...
Check out this productive rant about setting goals as a novelist, by sci-fi romance author, Keri Kruspe. Uncover how setting goals will help set you free and achieve what you want as a writer.
Before you can move forward as a writer, it’s important to leave behind many of the durable writing myths that slow progress as well as set you up for disappointment and frustration. Here are the first five of ten by author and writing teacher, Catharine Bramkamp.
Most authors can’t support themselves by book sales alone. There are other money-making projects authors can pursue. Novelist Keri Kruspe delves into a list of options for you to explore.
What is PR for authors? Explore this with scifi romance novelist Keri Kruspe as she shares how a PR experiment made her a better salesperson and netted her some interesting results.
Please welcome Novelist, Amy Lane to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. Enjoy!
A social media audit is a very simple tool that will give you a snapshot of your social media presence and an understanding of how effective your social media presence is.
by Beth Barany · Published February 24, 2020 · Last modified August 16, 2026
For fiction writers: This free book is designed to help you connect with your playful side to generate ideas, write more, more often, and have fun doing so.For your copy of “10 Ways to...
Discover 6 ways any author can use social media to build community, no matter what stage of your writing career you’re in, by romance novelist and blogger, Ann Woodford.
Please welcome guest columnist Samah Kamil to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. Enjoy!
Kat Vellos, author of the upcoming book We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships, shares big lessons learned during her self-publishing journey.
Please welcome guest columnist Chris Hauty to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. Enjoy!
Please welcome guest columnist Kit Sun Cheah to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone. Enjoy!
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