#being published

[lostinsantacarla]

WRiting Goals 2024

Happy New Year! I’ve been following Abbie Emmons on Youtube for awhile because she has some amazing, inspirational how to videos on writing. They are easy to follow and fun. I love her personality, magnetism and optimism when it comes to managing writing success. Her teachings have helped me with story structure and character development, especially where backstory is concerned. Recently, she…

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[rozmorris]

All going somewhere wonderful - discussing creative energy with @AndrewVerlaine

I’m really glad Dave and I kept our DVD player. If you watch movies and boxsets on DVD you get something that isn’t usually available on streamed versions – the extras, with interviews about the making of the piece, or the casting, or the design, or the adaptation for the screen. Sometimes they’re a bit throwaway, sometimes they’re deep and insightful, but all have a sense of creative energy, a…

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[emptymanuscript]

Ok, what the hell?

So, my ads have really done bupkis. I clearly suck at selling. So this may just be matter of scale but...

Out of nowhere, for no reason I can pinpoint, one targeted ad on Goodreads has gotten essentially as many clicks just this last month as my entire Goodreads campaign has done since launch in the first quarter of 2015.

I don’t know why. I don’t know how. It just happened. 

[rinari7]

I have something in my hands now that has my writing in it and my (pen) name on it (among others) and the feeling is fucking amazing and I can’t stop looking at it. They even picked one of my favorite fonts for the journal.

[thisliterarylife]

Why do you need to read?

Why do you need to read?

Writing advice is always subjective. It’ll depend on the person giving the advice and the experience they had. There are rules you should follow, but if you’re good enough you can get away with not following them. So people say write every day, some people say don’t push yourself. Some say you need to outline books before you write them while others say you need to let your characters lead your…

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[carolsmannme]

Pictures and Words

It’s always interesting to see your work in a magazine or journal in its final published form – the layout of the piece on the page, the general tone and feel of the publication, the use of pictures, if any.

This was the image chosen a few years ago for my short story “Funny Man,” which appeared in Sun Runner Magazine.The story is about a would be standup comic. I like the empty stage and the…

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[publishing-solo]

Make Writing a Habit: Just Write it! Series

Make Writing a Habit: Just Write it! Series

How to Make Writing a Habit The Dream to Write–the Dream to Publish

Make writing a habit. Easier said than done, right? As a publishing coach, I speak with people often with a dream to write a book. Their dream has been hanging on for a long time in most cases. Many take courses, or hire me as a private write coach to get that dream moving. But how can you get your dream to write in motion?…

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