Is She Geeking Out AGAIN?
I can’t help myself. As an author, words are important to me. My goal is to write with clarity, but sometimes I have to consult Thesaurus.com, tasting the flavor of all possible words to pick the...
View ArticleGeeking Out on the Thesaurus
Frustrated with the lack of rating standards in the publishing industry, specifically for how to determine if a book can be marketed as Y/A, I began working up a six-part post to be called PASSIONATE...
View ArticleE-book Sales: Copyright Laws Must Change!
I just read about an article that says Amazon stands to make a fortune offering out-of-print books. One of the most appealing reasons for indie authors to publish e-books is that they will be offered...
View ArticleHold That Thought: Travails of an Indie Author
“You’re missing the accent aigu on ‘fiancé’.” The editor-in-my-brain I call Miz OCD adds, “You also have too many indistinguishable tiny moons and planets amongst the stars, and the biggest stars do...
View ArticleAuthors and Depression
The saying goes, “Write what you know.” I am an author who has suffered depression most of my life, though I was long unaware of it. After being diagnosed and treated for it these past ten years, I...
View ArticleWriting Obsession? Channel Your Overachiever Productively!
It’s good to have a passion! Sitting on the floor of the pit of my depression, staring around at the rubbly walls, I wondered what was wrong with me. Nothing more than a warm body that processed the...
View ArticleMy 9 Worst Writing Habits
Coming June 30 to Amazon and Smashwords We all have bad habits, yet you can only really change them if you admit to them. As the author of 1.12 million words in the To Be Sinclair series, with seven...
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