No One Is Buying My Books! Why? by Janelle Riley
There’s more to publishing than writing and editing, a good marketing plan, including social media and local resources, can help sell books.
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Author Q&A with Amanda Krill
Enjoy this Author Q&A with Amanda Krill, sharing about her passion and inspiration, writing habits and the challenges she faces.
Author Self-Care: Interview with Beth Barany, Author and Creativity Coach by Lisa Towles
Author self-care is a vital part of maintaining balance as a writer. Lisa Towels interviews Beth Barany and shares how exercise can offer self-care while also sparking your creativity.
How to Plan Your Novel Like a Pro, Interview with Beth Barany
In an interview with Emma Dhesi, Beth Barany tells us how she started writing novels and how she uses coaching and her books to help new authors write their own novels too.
What is Copyright? by Kelley Way
Most everyone has heard of copyright but there’s still some confusion on what is copyright and what it protects. Read for a clear explanation from author and estate planner, Kelley Way.
Getting Intimate with Your Characters by Kay Keppler
A famous author once said that every book should contain a love story. Now, that author might not have thought that the love story needed a sex scene, but many novelists writing in every genre do include sex scenes in their books. And there’s a problem with that.
My Favorite Monsters by Nevada McPherson
Halloween is on its way; time to get out Boney, our life-size skeleton decoration. He’s been around for several years now. His skull fell off his neck, but we repaired him and now he’s sitting in a fold-out chair on our porch, waving at passers-by, his skeleton hand high in the air.
Blocked? Try a Dose of Nature by Catharine Bramkamp
It seems that the only time we look up is when our phone is held up arm’s length to capture another selfie. With us always in the foreground, the background has become increasingly unimportant.
Are You Positive? by Carol Malone
I don’t know if you’re like me, but watching all the disasters taking place recently has left me feeling forlorn for the loss of life and property, and less than positive about the future.
Time Management – How to Eek Out More Time by Chloe Adler
I wrote one blog on the tools one can use for productivity before at and all of those tools still stand. They’re all great. What I found was that I used too many at once and that didn’t end up working well for me as I spent more time inputting and checking off than was necessary.
Learning from Our Reading by Martin Haworth
Over the summer I’ve been reading a lot (haven’t we all?) and I’ve realised that my reading has changed a little as I’ve started to write more and with the hindsight of what I’ve learned along the way.
Backstory: Not a Dirty Word by Kay Keppler
We’ve all heard the first commandment for writers: never open your book with backstory. And the second commandment? No infodumps. And the third? Sprinkle that backstory throughout your book.
The Cheap Retreat Guide – More Writing, Less Money, Too Much Ice Cream By Catharine Bramkamp
I save flyers and emails touting to only the benefits but the transformative magic of this writing workshop or that retreat. Many workshops and retreats seem to take place in exotic locations either so you have an excuse to go, or because the workshop leader has always wanted to travel there be it Taos or Paris. And who doesn’t want to travel to Taos and Paris?
The Role of Mindfulness in Creativity by Sarah Chauncey
Novels, J.D. Salinger wrote, grow in the dark. By that, he meant that true creativity comes from the subconscious mind, from allowing ideas time to percolate below our conscious awareness.
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