Month: May 2013

  • Removed almost 10,000 folks from my Writing Tips newsletter

    It was not the easiest thing I’ve ever done. There’s something comforting about thinking you’re talking to 21,000+ people at a time. But at the point where folks haven’t opened a single email you’ve sent in six months, you’re NOT talking to them. So if you look at the green Writing Tips sign-up form in…

  • Results of the “Help I’m Looking For” Writers’ Survey

    I did a survey of folks on my Writing Tips newsletter, many of whom have dropped out of regular readership. Many of whom have a good reason for doing so. The migraines don’t prevent me from working (most of the time) because I am tenacious and I’ll put up with a lot of pain before…

  • Which flash fiction sites / publishers do you recommend?

    I’ve had a migraine for the last three weeks. While Tylenol has helped take the edge off for a little while, it has not gone away completely. The pain was too bad to focus on the really cool, creative things I have to do in the final chapters of Create A World Clinic, so I’ve…