Using Twitter

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Good morning everyone! Okay, this has been a post several friends have been asking me to write, so here I am with my somewhat organized (disorganized?) thoughts on using Twitter. One of the first things we often hear as authors is marketing and the power of social media, especially sites like Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and websites. Out of all of them, Twitter has been my drug of choice. Why? Well, that’s tough to explain. Mainly because I can link my … Read More »

The Joys of Kindle Unlimited

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Good morning everyone! This is a post I’ve been kicking around for a while now. The problem was, I couldn’t think of how best to explain my thoughts on Kindle Unlimited until recently. As I’m sure many of you have either heard or maybe even experienced, there are mixed feelings about Amazon’s new Kindle Unlimited program. Basically, it allows the user to “borrow a book that is KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) Select for one month for free. If they read … Read More »

Controlling the Muse

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Good morning! One of the first things people ask me is how do I get my muse to respond. On the surface, it sounds ridiculous. At least, until you try to answer. If only explaining how we write was a simple as 1+1=2, right? For me, my muse has a severe case of ADHD. He never allows me to focus on a story I’m working on for a few minutes before he throws another idea at me. Talk about short … Read More »

Beta Reading Etiquette

posted in: Writing Craft 4

Good morning everyone! One of the hardest things to do as writers, or any artist for that matter, is to hand over our work, our baby, to someone else to look over and critique. Generally, we’re lucky enough to get to know the person so we’re able to understand what they’ll have to say. Then you get that one person… You know who I mean. The one that lives to eviscerate any manuscript that crosses their path. As someone that … Read More »

Breaking the Writing Rules

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Good morning everyone! We’ve all been told to obey the rules since we were kids, but remember when we would ask why? I don’t know about you all, but I was regularly told, “Because I said so” and that was that. One of the things I’ve learned is that when it comes to writing, nothing is that simple. To be honest, roughly 95% of the “rules” so many tout are nothing but opinions. Just look at how many different thoughts … Read More »

Therapy through Writing

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Good morning everyone! This is going to sound really strange, but I got the idea of this post from watching The Simpsons. Yep, you read that right. Particularly, the episode where Marge is afraid to fly and sees a psychiatrist. For whatever reason, that triggered something in my brain and got me to thinking about undergoing therapy through writing. I know it’s about as cliché as “the room was as dark as night”, but in many ways, it’s something that’s … Read More »

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