How do you know when it’s time to stop editing, revising, proofreading, tweaking, and pulling your metaphorical hair out? I’m one of those authors (if such a niche exists) who wrote numerous novels before entering the self-publishing world. For years now, I’ve been in an editing zone. Soon I’ll be releasing my third book in…
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…
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…
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…
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,…