Master category for maintenance and site posts.
Whenever writers talk to me about being prolific, the objections writers raise tend to slide into two ancillary subjects: Both of these arguments aren’t really arguments at all. They’re 1) a mindset and 2) a choice. Or, really, they’re both just mindsets. They’re damned invasive mindsets, too. Many authors recognize the fallacy of both arguments […]
2 Reasons You Might Never Be a Prolific Indie Fiction Writer Read More »
What Does Being a Prolific Fiction Writer Really Mean? You might already be prolific. I’ve hammered out a definition for prolific indie fiction writers that doesn’t look quite like any other definition out there. As I talk about prolificacy a lot, I wanted to define it here, as there are a lot of misconceptions (and
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Authors often raise their brows when I mention “Backlist Maintenance”. Maintaining your backlist doesn’t sound sexy. For authors with only a handful of releases, backlist maintenance isn’t a thing. But when you get into the realm of 20 or 50 or (like me) 120+ published titles, backlist maintenance becomes critical. Here’s why. Indies make money
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The image, I’m afraid, is not a metaphor. Yesterday, full of energy and determination, I headed out into the garden to cut a new bed for our veggies this year. Forty minutes later, I found myself flat on my back, with my arm screaming at me. I had fallen, and tried to save myself with
In April, I will be hosting a zoom workshop for the Regina Public Library and the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, aimed at romance authors. After the Happy Ever After What to do with your romance novel once you’ve written “The End” You’ve slaved and sweated (and swooned) over your romance novel and now you’ve finished it.
After the Happy Ever After — Romance Workshop Read More »
The pinched nerve in my neck is getting the better of me. After the better part of a week spent in bed, I crawled to the desk today and several hours later have only just combed through all my emails. I’m in severe emergency mode, and still not at 100% capacity. I’ll see you next
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I’m actually writing this well before Christmas, trying to clear the decks so I can meet all my writing commitments over the holiday period, and still have time off with the family. So I’m dodging the heavy posts here for a bit. I’ll return in a week or two, with refreshed enthusiasm. See you then.
Taking a Wee Bit o’ Time Off. Read More »
I’m holding a series of one-off Mastermind-styled meetings on Zoom throughout January & February. These will be structured meetings with a maximum of five people. Each author in their turn will explain what problem(s) they want to solve, or what goals they want to reach this year, and the group will help figure out possible
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Why “Live Well”? – 2021 Edition This is the last of the “rebuilt” posts from 2017/2018, and also the last of the Definition posts. It’s a hybrid, because the original post was built from two different sources. I’ve amalgamated those sources instead of simply referring to them. ———– One of the things that happened recently
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Continuing the series of reviews on my earliest posts, as the industry has changed that much in four years. And so have I. This week, I’m looking at the January 19, 2018 post, ‘Why “Sell More”?’. ____ We all want to sell more. Even the purest literary snob appreciates selling more than before because that
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