We all have that one dream in our heads. You know the one. It’s the dream of the perfect writing life, the one where you don’t have a day job or a house to clean or a car to fix or errands to run. Instead, you have hours of empty time you can fill as…
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Guest Post by Piper Bayard: Little Darlings Anonymous
I’m Piper Bayard, and I’m a Little Darling Addict. Hi, Piper. Welcome. Thank you. It was hard to come here today, so I knew I needed this meeting. I’m back at Step One. I am powerless over my imaginary friends, and my manuscript has become unmanageable. My editor called and asked me for my draft….
WRITING THEMES: Do we choose them? Or do they choose us? by Joan Johnston
Why do all my books have “abandoned or neglected children” as an underlying theme? Until about book 25 (I’m writing book 57 now), when another writer pointed it out to me, I had no idea that this issue resonated throughout my writing. I’d grown up in a family of seven children and my parents had remained…
Guest Post: Cindi Myers – Successful Buzz Building
By Cindi Myers As promised, today I’m going to talk about some promotional efforts I’ve made over the years that I felt were worth the time and money involved. Again, your mileage may vary. And one caution: the promotional landscape is changing rapidly. What worked for one author quickly becomes overdone and blasé and doesn’t…
Guest Post – Terri Benson: What’s a Writer to Do?
By Terri Benson Today’s writers have so many things to think about besides the act of writing. Oh, for the days when you typed up or printed out your book manuscript, boxed it up, sent it to your publisher, then started your next book, certain that the publisher had enough invested in you that they…