Rough Drafts Aren’t The Only Things That Need Editing

As I continue wrestling with my WIP, Apprentice Cat, using Larry Brooks‘ Story Engineering strategies, I’ve suddenly realized it’s not just the writing I’ll need to edit. Pantsers know (or should know) that they’ll be writing draft after draft in order to get the story just right. Plotters, on the other hand, use different methods [...]

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Is Butt Glue Necessary When Writing?

When you want to be a career author you can’t just write when the muse is singing. Sometimes you do need a little butt glue to keep you from wandering around doing everything but writing. That’s true… except when it isn’t. Is butt glue always necessary? Today I learned a very interesting thing about my [...]

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Marketing Monday: Pay With A Tweet

I find a lot of interesting marketing ploys during my research times. Most of them are schemes or ideas that make a highly sensitive person such as myself shudder. However, there are a few I find intriguing. One such idea is called Pay with a Tweet. What is Pay with a Tweet? Simply put, this [...]

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Where Can You Sell Indie Audio Books?

Ahhhh. The sweet smell of success… or almost success. As some of you may remember, I’ve been diligently working on creating an audio book version of Simply Prayer. I’m happy to say that I’ve finished the recording and editing of it. Now comes the really hard part: deciding how to get it to the public. [...]

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Sometimes You Just Need a Break

I had the loveliest, un-writerly night last night. I didn’t read a book on Craft. I didn’t read any blogs about writing. I didn’t read a book or watch a movie in order to dissect it. I didn’t even read my email. I wasn’t waiting for my Muse, nor was I adhering butt glue in [...]

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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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Hidden Gems and Little Darlings

What makes you uncomfortable with or defensive about your story is worth looking at closely for two reasons: 1) it could be a hidden gem, or 2) it could be a little darling. Hidden Gems Sometimes as we write our subconscious seeds our stories with hidden gems, like how or where your protagonist will find the answer to his [...]

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1 Simple Way To Critique (And Be Helpful)

In honor of Easter weekend, I decided to “resurrect” an old post. Giving an honest critique can be difficult, but even more so is giving an honest critique that actually helps the writer improve his or her writing. The following is one method I like to use that is simple and useful. Sandwich Critiquing You’ve been [...]

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5 Links For A More Balanced Writer’s Life

This week I found myself having nightmares about conspiracies and daydreaming about a long vacation at some remote beach. That’s when I realized my life was once again out of balance. Who among us hasn’t felt like they were running uphill at full speed for days on end? It’s a common experience, especially if you’re [...]

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Marketing Monday: Multiple Streams Of Income

If you don’t already know how important having an ebook is, then perhaps you want to check out this post: Ebook Buyers: Can You Afford To Lose Them? For the rest of you, I’d like to make a quick suggestion: don’t stop with ebooks. On the Enneagram my husband is a 7 and I am a [...]

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