J is for “Joining”. We all need some encouragement from time-to-time. To support my claim, I’ve invited over Alex J. Cavanaugh — founder and leader of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group — to explain why writing groups are good for you. Writing is a solitary endeavor. We can bounce ideas off others and write with…
I is for Ill-prepared. To continue with the theme for everything writerly, I decided to share what it’s like to suddenly be published without any warning. In June/July last year I wrote stories for a competition. Not all of the stories I planned at that time could be written – some of them just weren’t…
Sometimes it’s difficult to find the balance between our fiction and reality. To help with that, I invited writing friend Chrys Fey to share some tips on having a life while still being able to write. Does writing take up a lot of your time, leaving you without a life? And yet, you’re not getting…
G is for “Getting”. In my quest to find out everything I can about publishing, I decided to do an interview with Holly Evans who shares her publishing journey on her blog — inspiring me to explore self-publishing. How would you define the genre of your books? That depends on how specific you want to…
F is for Folklore. I know, we’ve done this one for F before. But this time it will be different. Everyone is gathered around the fire. The elder pokes at the logs; everyone waits with bated breath to hear what she has to share… Okay, not anymore. In today’s rushed culture, there is hardly time to…
E is for Editing. Writers know that their work needs editing. But how much? And when to stop? To answer these questions, M.L. Keller from The Manuscript Shredder shares her insights. Editing loop: How to identify it, how to get out, and when to let a project go Feel like you are stuck in an editing loop?…
D is for Do. It’s time for another post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. To find out everything about them, go here. OPTIONAL IWSG Day Question: When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing? Oh, you know, down a few kamikazes,have…
C is for Clarion Call. I know I’ve been shouting it from the rooftops that my story “Black Moon” was published in the third Clarion Call Anthology “Unbound”. Here’s the bookblast. And now for an interview with the editors… How did Agorist Writers Workshop and the Clarion Call come to be? The Agorist Writers Workshop was developed…
B is for Branding. We all know that if we want to make it as authors, we need a brand. But it’s very confusing. So, I invited over Rachel Thompson from Bad Redhead Media to explain things for us. Awhile back, I wrote an article, Branding 101, which detailed the basics for writers what branding…
A is for “Author”. To kick off this year’s A-Z Challenge, I invited writing friend Raimey Gallant over for an interview about the Author Toolbox Blog Hop that she founded. I told you in my theme reveal post that I’m going to blog about everything writerly – and this is a great place to start,…