So, I finally got a job yesterday! Okay, finally is a bit stretching it. I’ve only been unemployed since January. I know people who’ve been out of work for over a year. Strong people. Only 7 months and I was reaching my breaking point. The forbearance period for one of my student loans had passed. Sallie Mae was expecting me to…
Funny story, I’ll be 27 next month and got carded at two different casinos. I mean come on. Almost thirty and still getting carded! Anyway, I went to the casino on Saturday and came back with $174! Yay. The first time I went gambling I lost my money in about an hour. Sad right? Needless…
An author needs to create a reader profile to focus their marketing efforts. I’ve heard this so many times. You don’t want to spend time on LinkedIn, for example, only to find out the majority of your potential readers don’t use it. Makes sense. I’ve read Get Know Before the Book Deal and did a…
Examining how I buy books is helping me develop a marketing plan for my own WIP. I’m becoming a bookstore’s worst nightmare. Okay, a little over dramatic. I haven’t yet jumped to the dark side but I’m so close. I grew up with print books and thought the whole eBook thing was so unfortunate- like the beginning of…
Ever had a moment where you loved the overall idea of your scene or blog post but hated the way it was worded? No matter how long you stared at the page- moving sentences, adding and deleting words- you couldn’t figure out a way to fix it. I’ve been writing and rewriting a blog post…
Just learned, through Publisher’s Weekly, Lulu offers free “custom publishing advice” for authors. “Custom…advice” is used loosely. I mean the Publishing Advisor only asked like 5 broad questions. The questions were to determine your mindset on the whole publishing process and where you are with your WIP. The tips was pretty bare bones. I learned something…
It seems the more epic the story is the more roadblocks you run into. It’s usually one mountain of a roadblock too. My latest WIP is told from the point-of-view of several characters and I’m struggling with how to arrange the different POVs/chapters. We write what we want to read and I don’t like stories with too many POVs…
Not the most creative titles. With a name like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, does it need to be? It’s an attention grabber. When I first saw the movie poster, my reaction was- Seriously!? Then came the trailer. I was sold. Wonder how many people are upset their favorite pres. is portrayed as an ax wielding vampire killer?…
I generally avoid posts titled 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer but this time, I made an exception (don’t know why) and found this awesome poster. It’s so true! When I get some color toner, I may print it out and hang it on my wall. Like this infographic? Get more content marketing tips from Copyblogger.
Good thing I enjoy world Building. Developing a society is about as difficult as figuring out how Magic works. Usually, there’s more than one society and if they all function alike, it needs to be for really good reason. These sites helped me a lot:Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds: Day 6: Let Us Make Man in Our Image: Anthropology…
