As we prepare for this year’s RMFW conference, I’m guessing that many of you are tearing your hair out, trying to write good blurbs or condensing your 100,000-word novel into a short, captivating sentence worthy of the so-called “elevator pitch.” I’m going to expand on a blog by my fellow RMFW blogger, Mary Gilgannon. She…
Author: Janet Lane
Janet Lane’s Coin Forest novels have earned #1 Amazon bestselling status in the medieval romance genre. She also writes contemporary women’s novels. Her novels have received international awards (IPPY, INDIE, EVVY) and the HOLT Medallion. She served as an editor for RMFW’s anthology, Broken Links, Mended Lives, which was named a finalist in the Colorado Book Awards. She recently released her author-narrated audiobook, Etti’s Intended, and is working on her sixth book in the Coin Forest series.
Checklist for Business Cards
Conference is just seven weeks away. Do you even need business cards? Now’s the time to decide and start designing them so you can take advantage of those great printing deals…and ensure that your card will work hard for you. Over the years, I’ve shared my business cards with editors and agents during appointments and…
Say No! Say it “Now!” How the power of now frees you to be your best
I’m listening to a fascinating audiobook about the power of the present. There are so many ways of expressing it. “Stay in the now.” “It’s called the “present” because it’s a gift.” “Mindfulness.” Deepak Chopra refers to it as slipping in the gap during meditation. In this audiobook, Eckhart Tolle says that living in…
1, 2, 3: How to reach your goals
Wannabe goals. We all made them for the new year, right? Unbelievably, we’re now knocking on the door to June. Often our goals are unspoken but sincere, something we know we need to accomplish to advance our writing. They inspire us for a moment then, in the face of our busy lives, we allow them…
Spring! Time for cloud-watching!
Puffy white cyber-sites feed creativity Ah, spring—longer days, warmer temperatures. I strive to invest my BICHOK (butt-in-chair-hands-on-keyboard) time daily, but there are times my brain wants to get off the gerbil wheel of word quotas and plots and marketing, and put in some time just staring at the clouds. There are “clouds” of sorts on…