Tag: writing
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Why you should buy and read my books
Let’s face it: authors need to sell their work. We are all vying for the attention of you, the reader. And rightfully so. You are like the girl we’ve been dreaming to ask out to the prom. Why should you care though? What makes me and my work so great that you should choose me…
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Recommendations
For today’s blog post I am going to point everyone to someone else’s blog and a podcast too. First, this one is for other writers. Go to Hugh Howey’s site for two of his latest blogs. Writing Insights Part One: Becoming a Writer Writing Insights Part Two: The Rough Draft They are long, sure. But…
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Exercise vs Writing
With my absence for over a week, two things certainly did not happen: writing and exercise. Now coming back, there is a definitive difference in how I am responding to both as I struggle to get back into routines. First, I will discuss the exercise. When taking just a week off, I often come back…
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Dealing With Doubt
Again? Really? You may have noticed that I’ve posted every day this week at least one time. Yes, I am trying the daily blogging thing once again. Over the last year I was at best posting once a week. Once I had tried this blogging every day thing but it hadn’t gone over that well.…
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On Failing
We all fail. It seems too often to be a criteria of life in general. We make plans; we break plans. We wish to make plans; we fail to even start. We try to write the next great American sci-fi saga, we fail. Or at least I failed (so far). Life is a series of…