Self-Publishing, Part 3: My Most Important Mistake!
This is the third post in my series on self-publishing, in which I share with you some of the lessons I’ve learned. It is the post I’ve most dreaded writing. Why? Think about it. How do we learn? We...
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I’d never heard of a the term bucket list until the movie, The Bucket List, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, came out. After that, of course, I had to sit down and make my own bucket list....
View ArticleCreating Great Characters through Personal Paradigms
Sometimes the best writing advice comes from non-writing sources. I recently subscribed to an e-zine (a magazine subscription on my iPad) called THRIVEOLOGY. Recommended to me by a good friend,...
View ArticleThe War of Art, by Steven Pressfield
Or: How To Overcome Resistance and Write Your Novel! “The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s...
View ArticleONE BOOK – ONE MILLION DOLLARS
The other day, after listening to The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield (my 4th time listening to it, by the way) my husband and I started discussing what it meant to be passionate about your art. To...
View ArticleLonely Writer
When my husband and I decided to pack up our things and move, I knew at some point I’d face a period of loneliness. The decision to move had everything to do with what type of house we saw ourselves...
View ArticleSERIES: To Be or Not To Be (and when to stop being…)
The following is a guest post written by author, Jade Kerrion SERIES: To Be or Not To Be (and when to stop being…) If Amazon (the company) were a river and all the books in its vast online repository...
View ArticleBrainstorming and Baby Pandas
After vowing to join my significant other on more business trips, I find myself posting from Washington D.C. this week. Timing is everything—right? So, along with other tourists I will not be visiting...
View ArticleNecessary, Though Not Necessarily, Writing Apps
One thing I know about writing—it’s fattening. Fattening, unhealthy, and horrible for your back…not to mention your knees, your hands and your neck. I should have chosen a healthier career, such as...
View ArticleREMEMBER ME
The Quotable Writer, a book filled with “Witty and wise…words from writers and others on the craft, practice and business of writing…” was a gift to me from my daughter. “What a wee part of a person’s...
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