By Trai Cartwright Post 6 of a 6-part monthly series Happy New Year’s, writers! Just like everyone else, we’re making our resolutions, dedicating ourselves to special projects. Maybe it’s a book we’ve been trying to finish, or personal essay careers we’ve been longing to launch, or short story publications we promised to pursue, if only…
Category: General Interest
The Winner of a Free Hour of Coaching from Lori DeBoer
Greetings everyone, Colorado author and blogger Dean K. Miller is the winner of one hour of coaching time from Lori DeBoer as offered in the January 9th post. Congratulations, Dean!
Talk to the Paw – Neglected Pets
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday. It’s hard to believe it’s already 2014. December blew threw our house like a blustery wind on speed. We don’t do much in regard to celebrating, or decorating, mainly because our fur-kids would be hell on tinsel, ornaments, trees and artificial snow. Our dog Kinsey…
Six Ways to Make More Writing Time
By Lori DeBoer I once met a successful mystery author at a conference in Tucson who told me she wrote all of her books in 15-minute snatches of time because, as a mom, that’s all she had. Her pronouncement horrified me. I was childless and working full-time at home as a freelance magazine writer. I…
Dancing Away that Author Envy
by Jeffe Kennedy On one of my author loops recently, a number of people were gnashing teeth over their lack of success in the publishing world. From the publisher declining to publish the rest of the books in their series, to poor sales, to perceived favoritism for “special” authors – they felt they’d gotten a…