Writing is work, and usually demands a good amount of self-discipline just to get your butt in the chair and put down words whether you feel like it or not. Yes, I go through funks. One of the reasons I give seminars on how to get through my panic and work through funks is because…
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Publish Or Perish
Once you have a final manuscript, ebook* layout and design is easy. Keep it simple. Use default fonts. The readers will use the fonts they want anyway. Don’t get tricky with putting the text on the page because readers will change the size, the flow, the color, everything. Those hours you spend putting together the…
Feeling Cozy: Avoiding F-Bombs & You
I’m a big fan of f-words. Though I try to limit the number of them, both in my books as well as in real life. F-words have power. Even if you don’t use them, you must understand the beauty of a great insult. Or a stream of f-words blurted when one stubs a toe. I…
I’m Guilty – Throw the Book At Me (I really need to catch one!)
Yep. I’m guilty. I didn’t mean to do it. It just happened. I stopped writing and started doing yard work. With a shovel. I became enamored with a battery-operated sprayer for my weeds. I couldn’t resist the siren call of the annual plant displays at every store in town, including the pharmacy. I found a…
Rereading and Rereaders
First, a note, reading is my primary entertainment, I don’t have cable television (I have two network channels, that’s it) and I don’t download and watch films. I reread my library (not my own work) all the time. I always thought everyone did, but I was having a talk with a writer friend and found…