First off, happy New Year! I hope all your publishing/writing dreams come true this year. As you can see from the title of this post and the picture, we’re going to chat about newsletters. For those pre-published writers, you might be asking, Why do I care about this? I have nothing to share or any…
Author: J.A. (Julie) Kazimer
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk (or, When Your Publisher Goes Out of Business)
A few weeks ago, as some writers might know, Midnight Ink decided to close its doors after its spring/summer 2019 releases. Why should you care? Well, for a couple of reasons. First, that means people like editor Terri Bischoff, awesome friend of RMFW and an overall great person, is out of a job. I have no doubt…
Friends Don’t Let Friends Title Alone
Last month, the awesomeness that is Terri Bischoff, editor at Midnight Ink, for those who haven’t had the pleasure, asked for some ideas on the title and series titling for my upcoming books (Book 1 due out in March 2019). When I sold the series, I had a title for the first book, but I…
Three Wise Men, a Bad Onion, and a Viking Walk into a Story
Yes, the title sounds like a bad joke. And in a way, it surely is. But it’s also a very good lesson for me as a writer. One I hope you can see the wisdom of as well. Raise your hand if there are three wise men in the Bible? Again, keep those hands up…
Writing the Avengers: Infinity War (No, I didn’t write it, but I will steal from it!)
First off, let me be clear. I did not write the Avengers: Infinity War screenplay. Or any blockbuster screenplay, book, and/or novelization, a dictionary, thesaurus, app…pretty much anything that made me a millionaire. Now that we’ve got that part out of the way, let’s talk about the movie (which I haven’t seen yet, so no…