by Kimberly Unger As authors we know all about what goes into writing a book in the first place, right? You may be a writer who plans out everything down to the semicolons. You may plan only the broadest strokes and rely on your improv capabilities to fill in the rest. Both of these are
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Motivation All Day Every Day
by Laurie McLean We began this Motivation Monday series of blog posts in early March to help writers of all levels and experience to weather the storm that was the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine. We wanted to keep your spirits up. We wanted to share wisdom from other writers and people in publishing. We wanted
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How Will You Celebrate Juneteeth 2020?
By Rev. Harry Louis Williams, II aka O.G. Rev Many believe that it was the English philosopher Francis Bacon who first spoke the words, “knowledge is power” into existence. Hundreds of years later, novelist Tom Clancy put a twist on that ancient wisdom which might seem more apropos for these times. Clancy said, “The control
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Publishing in a Pandemic: Moving Forward with Both Traditionally- and Self-Published Books
by Aya de Leon When the shelter-in-place order hit Northern California, I was working on several different books. Two are with a commercial publisher and due out in December 2020 and fall 2021. Another was just about ready for my agent to shop. The other projects range from idea to outline to partial drafts to
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You MUST Do This: Writing Advice from Author Amanda Clay
by Amanda Clay Plotting with a comprehensive outline is the ONLY way to write! If you plot, you’ll stifle your creativity! To be successful in the digital marketplace, you have to write a book a month! You can’t possibly write a good book in under a year! Have you heard any of this writing advice?
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Creative Ways to Virtually Connect with Your Readers: My Virtual Test Kitchen
By Carole Bumpus March 14, 2020 was Pi Day or Pie Day. This was the first day I awakened to the fact that the world in which I lived had radically changed. Freedoms I took for granted were coming to a halt or had been heavily curtailed. Planned out-of-the-country travel had been placed on temporary
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