While trolling through Twitter one day I ran across a post by an Australian songwriter. The songwriter called himself SpaceMarch and he had 252,000 Twitter followers (nice). I didn’t know what I might have in common with someone who writes lyrics, but I began to read his posts. The Brainstorm… and then Nothing I particularly…
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The Devil is in the Details: Tips to Polish Your Manuscript
You’ve defied the odds and completed your manuscript. It may have taken years of your life (or off your life), or maybe NANoWriMo turned you into a speed demon. So, what now? Now, it’s time to submit. But is your work really ready for publication? This is the question you MUST ask yourself to avoid…
A Writer’s Tribe: Critiquers, Alpha Readers, and Beta Readers, Oh My!
Writing is a solitary occupation. Well, except for the tribe of other people you need to help get your story edited, revised, polished, published, marketed, and sold. True, the actual act of putting words onto the page tends to be very solitary, even if you’re typing away in a crowded café (remember those?). But at…
P for Positive, N for Negative
Do you have a meter in your head when you evaluate your work? George Saunders does. I can’t recommend enough the entire recent podcast interview between Saunders and Ezra Klein. Do yourself a favor and listen here. If you don’t have a writing guru, you can’t do much better than Saunders, who is easy-going, smart,…
Let’s Talk About Money
Talking about money and income can be construed as tacky or at the very least, awkward. Because of this, it’s difficult for a new author to figure out how much money they can expect to make when they sell a book. The subject came up on an authors’ loop I subscribe to. Several authors commented…