If you maintain an online presence that’s all about your writing career—website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, blog page, Amazon author page—check your core material every now and then. Your bio. The kinds of books you write. Make sure all your info is accurate and up to date. Check that all your links work. Google yourself. Check…
I think 2020 should be like the 13th floor in a lot of hotels: just pretend there isn’t one. Skip it. Ignore it. Consider it bad juju. I can’t say it was all bad (because of book contracts) but the wear and tear on my psyche was just too much. Friends turned into ravers (and…
With the new year, I’ve been thinking about the future and reassessing my current projects. I’ve been an RMFW member for 23 years. For 12 of those years, I wrote my “Romancing the Tome” column, back when our newsletters were distributed by snail mail. I loved writing it and sharing my publishing journey with my…
Sometimes I feel like an old truck. Out of gas, rusted, and falling apart… and all the parts are out of stock. I’ll be turning 71 in about a week. In my last post, I talked about why I’m writing. Since then, I’ve been asking myself if I have enough time left to write. Is…
Last week my writing buddy sent me her new novel and asked for my feedback. This is the one I’ve been hearing about for a year, the novel she’s written that’s closest to her heart, and the one I feel will earn her a deal with a major publisher. And it got me thinking about…