7 Links To Help Every Writer With Taxes

 Maybe it seems a little early to start thinking about doing your taxes, but it’s been my experience that the sooner you get on it, the less stressful it can be. Thankfully there are people and web sites out there to help us slot all those numbers in the correct places on the correct forms [...]

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When the Ideas Come

Welcome to Toolbox Saturday where you’ll find tools for various things from writing to whatever. There are times in every writer’s life when ideas will come flooding in — but not for the story you’re working on.  You don’t want to forget those little gems because they would be great in another story, yet they’re [...]

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11 Resources to Make Editing Your Novel Easier

As if learning the craft of writing a novel isn’t difficult enough, after it’s finished you’ll need to edit it. If you’re going to be traditionally published, you’ll probably work with an editing staff to make your work marketable. But before it gets to that point, you have to get it past the slush pile [...]

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Christian Fiction Indie Authors Successful In Kindle Top 100

There’s a lot of conversation around the Top 100′s in Kindle sales and it’s mostly surrounding mainstream authors. I was curious about the Top 100′s in Christian Sci-Fi and Fantasy, so I took a peek. Here’s what I found. Top 11 Christian Sci-Fi and Fantasy The first seven books listed in Top 100 Paid were [...]

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Marketing Monday: Self-Promotion HSP-style

“People forget what you say, but they remember how you made them feel”–Warren Beatty Caring for others, wanting to help our fellow humans, comes rather naturally for highly sensitive people, so why shouldn’t promoting ourselves and our products be just as natural? Most likely because we’re thinking of “selling” rather than “marketing.” Sell: to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something: The salesman sold me on a more expensive model [...]

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4 Links To Overcome Publishing Despair

The road to publication is filled with pain and tears… bloodshed… mayhem…. I’m being melodramatic here. Of course, that could just be that I’ve recently read several posts about how painful the publication process can be and how difficult it is to write good fiction. Here’s a small sampling: “This is literally years of work you’re seeing. [...]

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Improve Your Writing with these Editing Tips by Dustin Wax

Sorry folks, but this cold virus is really causing havoc here, so I’ve decided to do you all a favor (read: not write anything in gibberish as that seems to be how I’m speaking today ) and repost Improve Your Writing with these Editing Tips by Dustin Wax. He’s got some great advice I think [...]

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4 Steps To A Less Frustrating DIY Book

I finally ordered my proof copy of Simply Prayer, formerly Prayerfully Yours. While I’m happy with the file I uploaded to CreateSpace, I’m left wondering if I was my own worst enemy in getting the entire project done to begin with. I had originally planned on having the book out before the season of Advent, [...]

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7 Links To Help Every Writer With Taxes

Death and taxes, the two unavoidables in life. Thankfully there are people and web sites out there to help us slot all those numbers in the correct places on the correct forms and keep us from having to visit with a friendly IRS agent because we’ve gotten “creative” with the numbers. Here are 7 links [...]

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3 Rules For Writing A Good Book Review

I blame academia for my inability to fully enjoy movies, television shows and books. Okay, so earning my BA in English isn’t the only reason I find it difficult to enjoy those things. A lot of it has to do with being an Independent Author and valuing well-written stories over flash. I cannot sit down [...]

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