Myth: Self-Publishing is a Full-Time Job

Posted by on May 19, 2013 in Writing Life | 3 comments

Self-publishing can be a full-time a job, but it doesn’t have to be. I was talking with someone the other day about the pros and cons to self-publishing, and his biggest concern (based on a conversation he had with an agent) was having the time to self-publish. You see, his agent told him that self-publishing was a full-time job, and asked him if he was truly ready for that. Agents and publishers will have you believe that self-publsihing is impossible for the writer who works full-time at another job, the writer who has a busy family life, or the writer who simply doesn’t think...

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Know Thy Publishing Self

Posted by on Feb 25, 2013 in Writing Life | 1 comment

Writers. We are all the same, yet we are all very unique. (And by “all” I really mean “most.” There are always exceptions to everything.) We want to snag a fantastic agent. We want the validation that comes with attracting the attention of a big-time publisher, followed by attracting the attention of lots and lots of readers. We want the control that comes with designing our own covers (or at least control over deciding if a cover needs to be changed after we don’t like a design) and deciding what we want to include behind that cover — the story we want to tell. We want the royal...

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What if this book doesn’t sell?

Posted by on Jul 2, 2012 in Writing Life | 9 comments

So, I was walking with Hubs the other day when I asked this: WHAT IF THIS BOOK DOESN’T SELL? What if my current WIP—the story I’ve labored over for about a year now, the book I so desperately want to see out there, YES THAT BOOK—makes it no further than the other stories I’ve written? What then? His initial response? “Uh… Not an option. It will sell.” He’s such the optimist. But really, what if this one doesn’t sell? Will I keep going? Do this all over again? Write, edit, write some more, re-write, edit some more… WHAT IF THIS BOOK...

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Don’t Wait to Start That Novel

Posted by on Jun 6, 2012 in Writing Life | 13 comments

I’ve been getting some questions lately, and several of them are entire-post worthy. Today, I’m starting with a rather simple one for those of us who have already jumped into the writing world, but mind-boggling for writers who struggle to get started. The question: How do you actually fit writing into such a fun, complicated, exciting, busy, sometimes stressful, already jam-packed life of parenting, taxes and oreo-eating? Answer? I just do! Most writers did not graduate high school or college and instantly become novelists. (Yes, there are some who do. I don’t know...

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