Posted on 3/4/2020 In the spring, many people greet the new season with a thorough housekeeping. Sweeping out the cobwebs is a wonderful way to revive our spirits after the long winter months. Spring also can be an excellent time to do a little digital housekeeping.
Posted on 3/4/2020 For an author or professional, having a signature workshop is a great tool and calling card to increase visibility in the industry. The key to building a submission that will get you accepted into conferences—and invited to speak to fellow writers—be
Posted on 3/4/2020 With authors taking on more and more marketing responsibilities—and with so many channels for reaching readers—it’s hard to know where to begin. Figuring it all out takes time and energy—time and energy you probably want to spend on your stories.
Posted on 3/4/2020 Since the first version of this article was submitted in early January, there have been two major developments regarding artificial intelligence and publishing. As someone who works at the bleeding edge of technology, I shouldn’t have been surprised.
Posted on 2/3/2020 When I started my romance-writing journey in 2000, most agents, editors, and publishers only wished to hear from aspiring authors in a very narrow and specific way.
Posted on 2/3/2020 A well-written setting can transport a reader into a story and make them feel as if they’re on the page alongside your characters.
Posted on 2/3/2020 In my years as an editor at three publishing houses, mentoring dozens of freelance editors, and now running my own independent editorial business, I consistently encounter authors’ confusion and lack of information over the editorial process.
Posted on 2/3/2020 In the summer of 2017, I was done. My books were breaking even at best. I’d been at self-publishing for four years.
Posted on 1/14/2020 When I first got an electric car, it was a challenge to remember to plug the thing in. More than once, I’d get halfway through my business around town and suddenly hear...
Posted on 1/14/2020 International signings are an excursion growing in popularity. Due to the growing accessibility of books on e-reading devices internationally, authors are finding their fan bases growing in nations all over the world.
Posted on 1/14/2020 Welcome to 2020! Prohibition celebrates its one hundredth anniversary this year, as does the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave (some) women the right to vote. Nylon stockings turn eighty this year and are no doubt a little saggy around the ankles...
Posted on 1/14/2020 I am a biased individual. So are you, so is your child, and even your dog or cat. If it hurts to read that, please don’t think of this as a personal attack. It’s because every single human, most animals, and some plants show bias.
Posted on 12/3/2019 A couple of years ago, I accidentally put myself on a writing cure. And it helped.