Crank The Twelve Week Year For Writers and Bullet Journal Enthusiasts
I remember last year when I kicked off 2017 with a publishing calendar for the year. It was ambitious and I failed to hit a number of those dates. However, in failing, I also succeeded on so many of them that I count it as an overall win. I know that without that...
What’s Your Passion Project? What Will You Do to Get it Made?
We went to Alexander Hamilton last weekend. I was absolutely blown away. Then I bought the CD Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)(Explicit)(2CD) and have played it in the car non-stop since then. If you haven’t been following the hype, it is a hip hop...
I Gained 10x More Readers Standing On The Shoulders of Giants
I’m active in a few writer groups on Facebook. The other day a video by an author who had hit the NYT and USA Today bestseller list 33 times was making the rounds. This video was of her presentation entitled “Capturing the Golden Goose: How to Sell a Bazillion...
Make It Rain: How to Sell a Bazillion Books According to Bestselling Author H.M. Ward
H.M. Ward is an unquestionably successful indie author. Her extensive backlist of YA and New Adult romance novels have sold 13 million books worldwide and she’s hit the NYT and USA Today bestseller list a combined 33 times. She shares her thoughts on how to...
Gain Superior Writing Skills With Decisive, Attainable Objectives
When I write, I am waging war. Carving out the time to write is a daily battle (as I write this, my 5 year old is having a raging tantrum), sitting in the chair is a daily battle, and the long term objective is to win the war and write the books. All the books. So I...
Is It Time To Take A Writing Class?
For the folks who build houses, repair complex machinery, or bake wedding cakes, they spend years to learn, and train, and master their craft. (For my dayjob, I had three years of graduate school, a grueling multi-day certification exam, and then years of...
DIY Package Templates from Creative Indie Saved My Sanity
It’s not going to be a surprise when I say, I like to write. But these days, being a writer also means that you need to tackle a host of other areas, such as marketing your books. I’m learning the ropes of book marketing, but mostly just concentrating on...
You Can Make Magic By Saying “Yes!” to New Things
What Risktakers Like Mark Cuban and Rosa Parks Can Teach Us In 2006, I started a blog related to my profession. On the one hand, I thought I was late to the blogging game, but on the other hand, my profession was notoriously stodgy and risk averse. So no one except...
Who’s On Your Team?
When I was writing my 50k words for NaNoWriMo, I wrote entirely alone for the month of November. I would not recommend that to most people. Even if you are by nature more introverted, there is power in knowing that you are not pulling the sled alone. A close friend...
2 Time Management Tips for Creatives
I’ve been listening to a number of interviews with people who have transitioned to writing full time. It has been fascinating to listen to people talk about the years beforehand, when they worked a dayjob and had to wedge in their writing time. Many of theme...