Unfortunate Truth #1: We all have to market our own books, whether we publish independently or with a traditional publisher. Unfortunate Truth #2: Most of us don’t. Why? Book marketing today (translate: internet marketing) can involve a steep learning curve.
When we write fiction based on our lives, is it best to write about events when we are still emotionally raw—or after we’ve had a chance to process and integrate them? I like the “Momma Bear” solution: not too raw,
How often have we heard that happiness is an inside job? I believe that writing is an inside job as well. It’s whatever we make it. It can be hard, enervating, and frustrating—or inspired, uplifting, and fulfilling. Like many aspects
We all have our pet cures for writers block, and my favorite is one suggested recently by Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. On “Morning Joe” (8/1/13) he said, “I
Here’s a tip that many of you probably know already: Use water for inspiration! No, I don’t mean look at a picture of water, or even get out and look at real water. I mean get into the water—the bath,
Some of my best and most enjoyable writing has come when I didn’t even want to sit down at my desk, let alone turn on the computer. I was tired, or cross, or confused, or just oatmeal-brained—but something was due,