A quick post today, which bounces off my post earlier in the year, “What Your 2023 Business Year will Look Like…Maybe“ Anne R. Allen, who is an expert in author blogging, recently ran a post on her site, “Why Blogging is Essential in the Era of Fragmenting Social Media.” The very last point in her […]
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In January, I generally like to post about goals for the coming year, goal-setting, and motivation. But I’ve come across a bunch of articles and reports lately that speculate on what 2023 and onward might look like for indie authors, and realized that goal setting is useless, if you don’t have a good idea of
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How to Brainstorm Your Fiction 6 Steps, No Rules. Just unique, original stories. I attended the When Words Collide conference on the weekend, and was a speaker on a number of panels, including one on brainstorming. I was taken aback by the turnout for that panel, and the trend of the questions from the audience
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4 Ways to Write What You Know And beat that hoary old aphorism into submission An email I received from a newbie writer has me shaking my head. In part, they asked: I want to write thrillers. If I’m to write what I know, how do I get the experience I need to write them?
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What Pissed You Off Today? Use Your Life to Build Amazing Stories A quick technique for story ideas that write themselves So what made you swear under your breath today? What had you gritting your teeth? Or did something amazing happen? How did you feel about that, right in the moment? Did a quiet moment
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