Literary Marketing Workshop for Authors!

UPDATED TIME: Sunday, April 2, 2-4 PM Guess what, Aspiring Authors? (Those who are on the newsletter list already heard, but here’s the general announcement:) Cal and I are starting a series of workshops focused on the various roles an indie author has to fill...

Time to Celebrate the Ploughman Poet

January 25 is Burns Day. What’s that, you ask? It is the birthday of Robert Burns, widely considered to be Scotland’s national poet. He lived from 1759 to 1796, leading a short life full of struggle, defiance, humility, lust, and heartbrokenness. He wrote...

Solitude vs. Loneliness, and Productivity

I was thinking the other day of the highs and lows of loneliness and connectedness in my life. And then I was thinking of the highs and lows of productivity in my life. And then I was trying to think of how they intersected. (not my strong suit, spatial relations) But...

Decluttering for Writers

Being a writer has nothing to do with one’s personal style, and there have been plenty of hoarder-style, as well as many minimalist, writers over the centuries. Recently I saw this meme on Face Book, & laughed: It made me think about decluttering, always a...