A while back, our writing group had a guest speaker (GS) who advised us on our visibility as writers. There are tons of writers out there, especially with eBooks and indie-publishing. It isn’t enough to tell people what genre you write in, there are sub-genres, and sub-sub-genres ad infinitum. A reader may like fantasy, but … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went up on time last week, and all available stories are out to market. My September 2nd release date went by without a new release, as I explained last week. Still waiting for one of my two candidate stories to return from market. I wrote on five days, … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three posts went out as scheduled. I had a couple more stories return from publishers, and those went out to market once again. Cats of War III (the third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) continues its reduced price preorder (and Smashwords FREE Presale) campaign until its July 8th release … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three posts went out as scheduled. I had some more stories return from market (the rejection letter said one of them had been a finalist), and dutifully sent them out again. Cats of War III (the third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) began its preorder (and Smashwords FREE Presale) campaign … Continue reading
Once per month, the writing group I’ve been participating in for the past year has a guest speaker. This month’s topic was Author Platforms – what you need to set up to have a successful writing business – thigs such as: The books you write An email list Website Social media Your BRAND & Reputation … Continue reading
Where would we be if we weren’t willing to try new things? Think about something as “simple” as bread? What genius even thought to put those ingredients together, let alone EAT them? “Hey, Smerg – I’m going to take this funny grass and pound it with this rock.” “Still tastes like grass. Let’s try scraping … Continue reading
(Funny how that works, isn’t it?) Last week was the final one of 2021, and so it’s time to wrap up my goal reporting for last year and publish my plans for the new year. Last Week’s Goals Blog entries were posted on schedule. All my available works remained out to market. I wrote on … Continue reading
I push this often, especially as we drift closer to the end of the year and the traditional flurry of resolutions. I suggest that – whatever your interests and priorities, that you start laying out your plans for the coming year. Publish them in some fashion – the fact that others know what we SAID … Continue reading
When I was first informed that I would no longer have a DAY JOB, I was at a loss. With very few breaks, I’ve spent decades going into work and counting on my EARNINGS to pay the bills. That was a big part of the pattern of my life. I started to try to find … Continue reading
Technology moves forward at an ever increasing pace, and it’s harder and harder for each generation to keep up. I had older relatives who grew up without dishwashers, and when they had their own, they rarely used it (except as a drying rack for what they hand-washed.) The challenges people have to go through trying … Continue reading
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