Quick App Recommendation for Better Focus

28 Dec 2015

This post is part of the vein of thought which includes "No one is going to appear and just give you the free time you need for all those plans you...

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Be Selfish in Writing

27 Oct 2015

I was mentally preparing a blog post to comment about writing for myself and, by serendipity, came across this transcript of a keynote by Cheryl Kl...

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Notes from Rocking Self Publishing #120

23 Oct 2015

Awareness Week: Send out photos of cover for recognition Bookblast: Cover, price, buy link Then Second Week: Sire Promotions (contact ahead of...

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Where Is My Winged Goddess of Victory?

15 Oct 2015

We approach November. It hurtles toward us from the future, bringing the cacophony of many fingers on keyboards. (In my case not as much as a cacop...

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We All Have Obstacles to Writing

09 Oct 2015

There's always something else I ought to be doing. Always some reason why now isn't a good time to try and focus on writing. Procrastination seems ...

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In Defense of NaNoWriMo

09 Oct 2015

[caption id="attachment_25" align="alignright" width="204"] Love is hard work. Writing is hard work. Both are extremely worth the effort.[/caption]...

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Take Care of Your Mortal Flesh

08 Oct 2015

We writers are intellectuals. We exist largely in our brains, mining away at veins of glittering creativity. This is evident in the frequency of di...

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Things I Believe: Outlining Helps more than it Hurts

06 Oct 2015

I just got the a new post from Chuck Wendig's blog, terribleminds, delivered to my inbox. If you don't already follow Wendig's commentary about wri...

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Wake Turbulence

05 Oct 2015

A friend and editor has repeatedly told me she wishes I would blog my writing process. I've never been entirely comfortable with that idea. If I'm...

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So I'm Writing This Novel

05 Oct 2015

At the end of April 2003, I graduated from college with a BFA in Graphic Design. I already had a job, working at the marketing firm where I'd been ...

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