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What Writing a Short Story in a Day and Publish...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FMWGN3G My long term goal is to eventually own a small press that helps fledgling writers break into a very competitive industry. I realized while I'm writing and querying my...

What Writing a Short Story in a Day and Publish...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FMWGN3G My long term goal is to eventually own a small press that helps fledgling writers break into a very competitive industry. I realized while I'm writing and querying my...

Four Things You Must Do If You Plan to Self-pub...

Congrats! You've finished your novel! You've edited, revised, and polished that baby until it's not only a well-crafted story, but flawless in execution. Here's what you need to do next....

Four Things You Must Do If You Plan to Self-pub...

Congrats! You've finished your novel! You've edited, revised, and polished that baby until it's not only a well-crafted story, but flawless in execution. Here's what you need to do next....

Traditional Publishing vs Self-publishing

In the movies, a writer types "The end" and then sends his or her manuscript off to their agent. The novel is instantly published and becomes a bestseller. We hear...

Traditional Publishing vs Self-publishing

In the movies, a writer types "The end" and then sends his or her manuscript off to their agent. The novel is instantly published and becomes a bestseller. We hear...

Writer Talk: Hooking a Reader from the Beginning

A while back, I wrote a blog post about opening lines and more recently I wrote an article about writing characters readers identify with. I'd like to revisit the subjects...

Writer Talk: Hooking a Reader from the Beginning

A while back, I wrote a blog post about opening lines and more recently I wrote an article about writing characters readers identify with. I'd like to revisit the subjects...

NaNoWriMo Day 7: How it went (And, oh yeah, it ...

Photo by Innermost Limits on Pexels.com I have the kind of body that doesn't sleep in on the weekends. Yeah. Be jealous of my circadian rhythm. I woke up around...

NaNoWriMo Day 7: How it went (And, oh yeah, it ...

Photo by Innermost Limits on Pexels.com I have the kind of body that doesn't sleep in on the weekends. Yeah. Be jealous of my circadian rhythm. I woke up around...

Troublesome Tropes in Urban Fantasy, Romance, a...

Alpha Male/Rich Asshole: The concept that a man who is power-hungry, aggressive, violent, stalkerish, possessive and territorially jealous as a romantic lead is worrisome. It not only promotes toxic masculinity,...

Troublesome Tropes in Urban Fantasy, Romance, a...

Alpha Male/Rich Asshole: The concept that a man who is power-hungry, aggressive, violent, stalkerish, possessive and territorially jealous as a romantic lead is worrisome. It not only promotes toxic masculinity,...