I’m trying to keep up with what’s going on in indie publishing, and I realized there are a lot of folks, both readers and writers, who would be interested in taking a look at the same issues I’ve come across. The first thing I’ve come across is an issue of terminology. You may laugh at this, but I didn’t. When … Continue reading →
Since my last birthday, when I decided I was going back to writing full time, Margaret and I have been working on a way for folks who haven’t taken How to Think Sideways, How to Revise Your Novel, or How to Write A Series to join my private writers’ community. Professional Plot Outline is coming out first, NOT How To … Continue reading →
It took a while to find the right music for WARPAINT. First, this is the music I have playing in the background while I write, so it has to fit the universe, the characters, and the “feel” of a lived-in place full of real humans, real needs, and the themes of the story. And it has to not grate on … Continue reading →
I started having headaches about halfway through last week. On Friday, they turned into migraines and icepick migraines. On Saturday, the vertigo returned, and the headaches stayed. I got a few hundred words written on Saturday and again on Sunday on WARPAINT, but did not do anything online. I’m working on LESSON 23 of the Self-Pub Expansion of HTTS today, … Continue reading →
Welcome to my party! Help yourself to the cookies, the many varieties of cheese, fresh fruit, home-baked breads and pies, and of course, chocolate and champagne. I’m celebrating the rights reversion of my novel TALYN, and thanking both Robin Rue and Beth Miller (and my agency, WRITERS HOUSE) for making this happen. But while we’re here (and simultaneously live on … Continue reading →