Category: indie author

  • Progress Report October 2026

    I would like to begin this post by pointing out that I don’t typically jump into things that may affect me in a big way without a lot of research and thought. As an example, when I came up with the name “Lynne Maris” for my romance author pseudonym, I ran it through several searches.…

  • Mental Health October 2026

    Sometimes it be like that.

  • IWSG Octopus 2026

    Oops. Well, that mistake makes me smile, so I’ll leave it. There hasn’t been much of that, lately. Anyhoo… Many people are calling for writers who use AI to disclose it. Most who employ ghostwriters do not admit it – do you think authors who use ghostwriters should have to disclose that, too? I already…

  • ISWG September 2026

    It’s already September. Oi. This month’s question: Do you have a favorite character archetype you tend to gravitate toward in your writing? I think we all do. It’s easier to explore yourself or the things you wish you were than anything else. Essentially, you write a fan-fiction mash-up about yourself in unrealistic conditions. “What would…

  • Progress Report August 2026

    We actually got some editing done this month on Romance book 2.  I am trying out my new system of editing and formatting: Very high tech. Putting it in electronic form doesn’t work for my noggin, though. Perhaps it’s because I’m eld. Maybe I’m resistant to change. Maybe it’s the ADHD. Anyhoo, this system seems…

  • Mental Health August 2026

    So you ever wonder if everything you’re doing is just … Pointless screaming into the void? Lately there’s been nothing but second guessing my choices on everything regarding SquarePeg Books. It’s really not that much money that I spend on it, and logically I know that doing the writing thing isn’t the fast track to…