On writing and self-publishing

Or Self-Inflicted Pain. For various reasons, I chose to self-publish rather…

So you’ve huddled in a corner of your home or…

OR—HOW TO AVOID REWRITING AND REPUBLISHING YOUR BOOK You’ve incorporated…

“Advanced readers” read books before publication and prepare their reviews…

SO MANY COSTLY MISTAKES.  Let me count the ways: 1.…

Ah, Kindle Direct Press, the world’s largest venue for self-publishers.…

On the verge of their first publications, self-publishers can be…

The novel was written, the cover selected, the advanced copies…

Newsletters are a great way to connect with people— if…

Let’s jump right in, shall we? 1. After eight professional…

At least in the moment. So use that to your…

John Gardner, “On Becoming a Novelist,” 1983.  (Forgive his dated…

Write a novel in a month—are you kidding me?  NaNoWriMo, National…

THE THINGS YOUR EDITOR WILL NEVER SAY: THE THINGS YOUR EDITOR MIGHT SAY: THE…

As I lost all self-control in the buffet room of…

I calculate that I wrote and edited at least a…

Soooo slooow. Sons of Adamah—I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit—took seven…

Book 1 was not selling and so was pulled. Time,…

I’m an analog girl in a digital world. (Just to…

Every now and then, after a new draft, some of…

When your characters grow unwieldy.  For book 1, I carefully…

I used to spend hours searching for words I guessed…