Category: Writing business
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All things being equal…
Okay, my little book marketing experiment was an abysmal failure. On to the next thing, right? What is that next thing? Write, write some more…share on social media, make a book trailer (because it’s fun, that’s why) and… Write some more!!!! Just in case you’re curious, what is the next story? In His Name is…
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Fun With Book Marketing
Yes…you read that right…FUN with book marketing! Just made a new cover for my short story, Visitor to Blue Lake, published a century ago in 2017. What do you think? It’s a “mystery”…and I use that term loosely… Want to see what kind of impact – if any – this change has on my views…
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NaNoWriMo Rebel??
Yep. My current WIP, In His Name is at about 10,000+ words now. I do believe it’s the longest story I’ve written so far and I’m nowhere near finished with the telling of it. In fact, I’m thinking it’s probably going to end up being about the size of a novel. So, considering the time…
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Inspire Yourself…Bribery isn’t Off the Table Either
I get David Farland’s newsletter, and while he always has some great tidbits of advice for writers, his comments about being your own inspiration struck a chord with me. “I suspect that I was born to do art of some kind. Kevin J. Anderson has said, “My muse isn’t a beautiful spirit who whispers ethereally…
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Marketing Your Books
Even if you’re going the “traditional” route and trying to find a book publisher, there will come some point in time that you’ll need to focus on marketing your book(s). That’s just it. Some authors advise writers to just keep writing and that after time, readers will find you, while others recommend that you market…
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Learning Strategies: Just in Time vs Just in Case
In today’s digital landscape everyone’s inboxes are filled to overflowing with information. Lots of it really great info, but still…lots of information. As a self-confessed bibliophile, all of this information lying about is a dual-edged sword. On the one hand, I love to learn lots of new things about writing, marketing, history, current events (sans…
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Day 6…er…7 of the 7 Day Writing Challenge
Totally missed posting yesterday…moving on. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about what I want to do with my business. While I enjoy working with clients, in all honesty, I really want to write for myself, so am trying to come up with a plan to “escape”. Most people would probably sneer and…
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Why You Cannot Give Up!
I’ve had enough of navel-gazing for a while… In fact, I’m quite sick of it. I’m still struggling with building up my copywriting business, still getting paid less than what I should be (my fault) and fighting the urge to give up. (Of course, there is the old monthly emotional roller-coaster thing that doesn’t help!)…
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The Sword of Damocles?
Although I’m not using the expression as the original meaning intended, in our modern vernacular, it seems to fit. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been placed under the “Sword of Damocles” – or rather, that I’ve placed myself there, by pushing myself to write every day. But what nonsense is this? I love to write.…
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Still Humming Along…
Very little – maybe a sentence or two – on the story tonight. Oy…and I promised myself I’d make every effort to write one per week! Then, on top of that, I’ve got two client blogs to write tomorrow, plus 9 more to wrap up next week. Pressure much??? Arghhh!!! Ah well, off to bed…