December 15, 2020 The Search for a Book Cover I have heard time and time again that the Book Cover is the single best piece of marketing that can be done, to help readers to pick up your book.
November 25, 2020 Tearing Apart the Book Blurb A few weeks ago, I started working on my book blurb. Just in case you were wondering, the book blurb is the short summary on the back of the book.
November 22, 2020 Changes are the New Normal and getting ready for the Book Cover It seems like if you want to become an author, you must be okay with making lots of changes. Changes to pretty much everything is inevitable.
June 22, 2020 Beta Readers and Moving Forward The journey of writing is the most amazing part. I work hard to write, edit, rewrite, change, and edit again. This seems to be the general process of everything I do. Now it’s time to get some Beta Readers
September 18, 2019 The Editing Battle I really don’t want to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. I am making progress and for the first time ever, I have editing excitement.
April 18, 2019 What Pushes You to Write? In the end, I write for me. It is fun and a way to express myself. If my only goal is to be published or make money than I could be in trouble.
January 1, 2018 The Battle Starting on the First Page Who knew that the battle on the first page was so important? During a recent writing conference, an experienced agent sat down and dissected our work.
March 19, 2017 A Perspective in Writing As writers, we write about mystery, tragedy, love and sometimes forgiveness. We write about dreams, adventure, fiction, or fact. Not all stories are written
June 21, 2016 Another Attempt at Sending Out Query Letters The Query Letter is one of the more crazy things in publishing. But to actually send them to strangers is one of the scarier aspects of this process.
February 3, 2016 Adios Prologue I’ve been reading more on how to make the first few pages better. And after much deliberation and research I am saying Adios to my prologue.
