This month, I participated in #TheWriterCommunity prompts and the experience has taught me a ton on the personal side—such as opened my eyes to the support system available to me as a writer—as well as the technical side—like how I approach story development. These were my take-aways.
Pretty much anyone in-the-know advises against writing in multiple genres if you want to be a successful writer. The reasons they say this are perfectly valid…but I still don’t plan to follow the advice—here’s why!
Researching before publishing your first book is important, but where’s a newbie author to begin? If you’re uncertain, fear no more! This new indie author has compiled the top 12 topics of importance from her experience with tons of specific resources to get you started! (Part II)
Researching before publishing your first book is important, but where’s a newbie author to begin? If you’re uncertain, fear no more! This new indie author has compiled the top 12 topics of importance from her experience with tons of specific resources to get you started! (Part I)
Choosing your “author name” can be a very big deal! For me, it brought up all the difficult “Who am I?” and “How do I want the world to know me?” questions. It is a special opportunity to define yourself and therefore I do not believe it is something that should be taken lightly. In this article I outline the five main factors I considered when choosing my author name, walking you through my own personal example.
There are so many resources out there for new authors, which is great, but it can quickly get overwhelming. In this post I outline ten of the books, blogs, and website that have been invaluable to me as I got started with my writing career. I hope they prove useful to you as well!