It’s my pleasure to welcome Ines Johnson today. She’s here to talk about her new release Pumpkin, a Cindermama story. Ines writes books for strong women who suck at love. If you rocked out to the twisted triangle of Jem, Jericha, and Rio as a girl; if you were slayed...
I’m an A – Z virgin, and I’m looking forward to tackling this challenge. Since I live in New Zealand, I thought this would make a great theme for my posts. I intend to introduce you to my home country and also to some of my romance novels, which are set in my home...
Author Cathy Yardley has an excellent post about Selling Books (without being an asshat). She says nobody wants to badger readers — but “if we want to sell books, what else can we do?” Right? Read the rest of her article here. I have to say, from my own...
“Oh, no!” I hear you say. “Not another form of social media to soak up my writing time.” To be honest that’s what I thought when I first heard about Pinterest, and I turned my back and walked away. Then, I started to see posts about Pinterest in my blog feeds. I read...
I’m visiting Terry’s Place, the hangout of author Terry ODell today and talking about Strategies to beat Procrastination. Change procrastination to productivity. Does this sound like something you need? Yes? I have to admit there are times when I’m a champion...
My special guest today is author, Maria Zannini who recently self-published a paranormal romance called The Devil to Pay. Maria has been out on the virtual road with the Indie Roadshow where she tells writers about her self-publishing journey and the things she's...
Kat Duncan is my special guest today. Kat likes to write and teach. She also likes to write about teaching and teach about writing. Today she's giving us a few hints about finding foster homes for orphan sentences. Have you ever tried the writing technique called...
What is your best craft tip for aspiring authors wanting to submit to an agent? 90% of writing is rewriting. I don’t know that it ever gets easier, but I know that the more you learn to self-edit and polish, the stronger you’ll be at those skills. Follow this link to...
"Take disco breaks. Get up every hour and get the blood flowing and give your brain a break by punching up something pumpy on your ipod or stereo and rocking out for a few minutes. Great to reset things and bring you back to the computer with new energy, and helpful...
