Tag: Writing business
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Writing Advice
Someone recently asked me why I don’t distribute writing advice. I found that question adorable. There is writing advice ALL OVER THE INTERNET. You can’t sneeze without stumbling over someone’s magic formula for writing advice. “But you should post writing advice. All the other authors do it.” Well, not ALL the other authors do it.…
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No More Battery Juice
I made a goal in August 2015 to rough out, from start to finish, Fantasy book 3, by Christmas 2015. I knew it was a bit of a quagmire, but I already had 250 pages of notes and scenes scribbled out, and I knew where I wanted the story to go and what I needed…
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IWSG September
What publishing path are you considering and why? This is a loaded question. Lots of baggage here. Back in my carefree and foolish youth, I thought my writing was BRILLIANT! (It was not, but everyone starts somewhere.) I thought I was a damned GENIUS! (Once again, not so much, but there’s a learning curve.) At…
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IWSG August
August 1 question – What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? Oh, this one is going to be rich since I haven’t actually published anything yet. I’m going to be looking at things from a self-publishing angle, so if that isn’t your cup of tea, you can skip this…
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The Point of Publishing…
I’m not there yet. I’m a slow writer. I’ve learned through observation that the masses do not want to wait 2 years in between books that are all a part of the same series (well, not anymore – 30 years ago, there wasn’t much of a choice, but now…). If you make them wait, you…
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Looking at How I’m Going to Get There
One of my personal self-publishing heroes is Kristine Kathryn Rusch. If you haven’t read her posts, especially her Wednesday Business Musings, you are seriously missing out. (I would donate or do the Patreon thing to support her if I could, by my own financial demands are such that I can’t at this moment in time.…
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