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The Age of Know-Nothing Know-It-Alls
What will History think of us? How will the times we live in now be viewed in 20, 50, or 100 years? With everything going on right now, all of the political and social and economic issues that seem...
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Selfishness and the Writer
It takes drive and dedication to write and publish a novel. That much everyone knows. If you’re going to reach for the brass ring and write something that people will want to buy, that they will want...
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Marketing in the Publishing World: An Interview
Today I am excited to bring to you an interview with my cousin Phyllis, who works in the marketing department for Tor Books. And why am I so excited? Because as any author, self or traditionally...
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What Writers Can Learn From Public Radio
The local radio station that I listen to every day (WRTI in Philadelphia) is in the midst of its spring membership drive right now. That, of course, means hour after hour of the radio hosts going on...
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Essentials of Self-Publishing: Expectations and Needs
Last week we took a look at whether self-publishing is the right option for you. I talked about how much discipline it takes to do it well, how diligent you have to be about your time and your...
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Is Blogging Dead?
Get Writing!© Photocritical | Dreamstime.com Far and away, one of the best benefits of attending writer’s conferences is the fact that everyone is buzzing about the latest trends and up-and-coming...
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The Benefits of Beta-Reading
I may have mentioned this before, but I really love beta-reading for my fellow authors. It’s a lot of fun to get a first glimpse at a fellow writer’s work and to be able to ask questions and offer...
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21st Century Community
So I have a theory. It’s a theory about people in the 21st century and what we think normal is, a theory about how the internet has changed all that. I’m interested in opinions about this theory. A few...
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How Should Writers Treat Each Other?
Me with my new friend, fellow author Mary Driver-Thiel I want to take a brief moment to talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately, something that’s very close to my heart. I’m not going...
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Writing Tip – Making Facebook Work For You
So there’s been a lot of panic about Facebook changing their policies or their algorithms or whatever it is. The rampant speculation is that they want you to pay to boost your posts, because FB has to...
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Changes Afoot at Amazon
I’m not sure that I would usually write about this here, but since a lot of my writer friends are experiencing varying degrees of panic or euphoria about the email Amazon sent out regarding the new way...
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G is for Goodreads
Not gonna lie. As an author, Goodreads scares me. Sure, it’s a fantastic site for readers, and I love it as a way to keep track of the books I’ve read and what I think of them. I adore their yearly...
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Things I Learned at the Ind’Scribe Conference 2015
Me near the middle with the amazing and talented InD’Tale crew! I had such a good time at the InD’Scribe conference for indie romance writers in Palm Springs, CA, that I almost don’t know how to put...
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Top 5 Habits of the Most Successful Writers I Know
My Facebook Page After four years of working really hard at this writing thing, I think I’m finally at the point where I can say I’m doing a few things right. More than that, I have made a bunch of...
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PANIC! And Ways To Get Around It
This is the only acceptable kind of panic! image courtesy of BluEyedA73 via flickr creative commons I’m going to be brutally honest with you. There is one thing that I can’t stand in life, the...
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Status Update – Lady Jane’s Salon
Hmm… My hair was a little out of control… Yesterday, hard on the heels of kicking that stupid cold I had last week (and strangely, I feel 95% better today, all of a sudden) I had my first book reading...
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