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...

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...

Why NaNoWriMo Works for Both Writers & Editors

Welcome to the second post in my new series about preparing for, and surviving, NanoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Join me in November to attempt this valiant feat yet again- check in with the writing community on our Facebook page. There are two kinds of...

How I Approach NaNoWriMo

Welcome to the first post in my new series about preparing for, and surviving, NanoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) NaNo works for me because … I am capricious. I can be good at discipline, but only until I get bored of it, or feel limited by it, then I toss it...

Not Exactly This, Not Exactly That, or On Dichotomies

One of my favorite things to learn about writers is what their desk looks like. What kind of person are they? How does their writing match their environment, or does it? I also love posts about writers’ routines. These don’t usually bear much relation to...