I’ve never really thought of myself as a hoarder, but as I look through my files, I feel like maybe I am. What am I hoarding? Story ideas, for sure. Most authors have more ideas than they actually write. About a year ago, maybe even two years now, I’d seen several popular authors mention that […]
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Happy Sunday to you. It happens to be my birthday today, which is why it’s called the birthday edition. I hope everyone is having a great week. In terms of my own publishing, I had a great day yesterday, and woke up to find Concealed in the top 10k of books on Amazon. So that
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It’s November, and for a lot of writers, that means NaNoWriMo, also known as National Novel Writing Month. During NaNoWriMo, writers are encouraged to write a 50,000 word novel during the 30 days of November. I’ve never been a fan of the NaNoWriMo concept because it comes at an awful time of the year. Thanksgiving
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When you publish books, reviews happen (hopefully, but that’s a topic for another day). When reviews come in, they can be positive, negative, or somewhere in the middle. So, how should an author handle reviews when they come in? Generally, they shouldn’t do anything but read the review. Most people suggest not commenting on
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A few years ago, when Angry Birds were super popular, my children decided to craft a slingshot and pig hovel to shoot down. (For those unfamiliar with Angry Birds, you use a slingshot to shoot angry birds at things constructed by pigs.) My kids’ slingshot (made of paper towel tubes and string, I think) was
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One of the things I do here on Sundays is offer advice and tips on self-publishing. But the truth of the matter is, no matter what I say, you’ve got to live with what you do. Therefore, you’ve got to make the choice about which advice to take and which advice to shelve. Today, I
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