There is big debate over which way is the best way to write a novel. This debate divides the writing community into two main camps: “Outliners” and “Seat of the Pantsers.” Outliners outline their books before they write them and Seat of the Pantsers don’t. And I’m...
Last week we defined Target Audiences. That was the easy part. In case you forget: A writer’s target audience is the group of people most likely to buy that writer’s books. This week we’re talking about the hard part: reachin your target audience. Because unlike...
There is a plague of doubt that affects all writers. Some are affected once in a while. Others are affected on a daily basis. You sit down at your computer and you stare at the blank screen and as you begin to type you wonder: “Am I doing this right?” Well have NO...
The single hardest thing in any business is getting people to know you exist. And in this business, it can be very difficult indeed. There were (on a researched guess because stats are hard to find) approximately 2,000,000 books published last year...
It used to be easy to avoid distractions. Take the phone off the hook, put up a “do not disturb sign”, turn off the TV and don’t answer the door. Problem solved. Yeah, I’m old. These days, we live in a state of constant distraction, thanks to the Internet and all it...
