In junior high I learned how to type on a Smith-Corona manual typewriter. My mother, a steno clerk, said all women should learn how to type. So I practiced on hers. In my high school typing class we all used Royal manual typewriters. Looking back, I don’t know how that teacher could stand that racket…
Print book sales are up across nearly all formats and age groups. In some cases, the percent of increase is double digits. While juvenile non-fiction sales increased the most (can you say, “home schooling?”), juvenile fiction, YA and adult fiction and non-fiction book sales have also gone up by substantial amounts. While there is a…
The Speculative Fiction Writers from the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers has published its first anthology, a collection of ten original stories from its members. Authors represent a variety of sub-genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian, and more. First Encounters: A Speculative Fiction Anthology is available at https://amzn.to/3fx6nag. Copies of the e-book are $3.99 and…
I see you there—your ink well and your quill and your oak gall ink. Dip, think, scratch. Yeah, you’re writing. Chances are, as a writer, you enjoy being alone. Me, too. Did you ever think about why you like alone time? 2020 has taught us all many awful lessons—but it’s definitely taught me how much…
For me, the answer is an emphatic “Yes!” When I got my book contracts this year, they both came with an attached flurry of things I need to do for my marketing, and many are significantly in advance of my release date. Some of it was fairly easy. I mean, most of us who are…