Visual Branding
One thing any author needs to do is pay attention to their branding. This is their identity, both visually and behaviorally. This also...
Your Online You
Very few people understand me. Those who know me well are aware that I love pizza, hate willful ignorance, and weep like an infant during...
Building Your Network of Allies
When I mention "networking," I receive stares that one usually finds on freshly-sexed teenagers in a slasher film. I mean I fully...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- How To Parlay Those Credits (You Probably Don't Have)
It's one of the great Catch-22s of the modern work world ... you can't get a job until you have experience and you can't get experience...
Put Your Muse To Work!
I recently read a great quote from Jack London. He said, "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." A lot of...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Planning your Self-Publishing Career
This blog makes a lot of assumptions and as Samuel L. Jackson said in THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, that makes an ass out of you and umption....
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Further Down the Self-Publishing Path
Last week, we talked about the Pros and Cons of both Traditional Publishing (someone else does it) versus Self-Publishing (you do it). So...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible -- Career Comparison Shopping
We've been discussing the potential of your book in both traditional printing as well as self-publishing. But how do the two stack up...
Why I Love Public Domain
As I say frequently, we stand on the shoulders of titans. Much of what we all do as writers is built on what other writers have...
Novel Writing Made Less Impossible - Where Does My Manuscript Go?
Okay, you've got your manuscript edited. You edited it, edited it again when you heard it read back to you, edited it again based on your...
