20
Jul
2018
My Luck Lives in New Orleans: The Long Strange Trip of My Publishing Journey
In Disney movies, the fairy godmother is usually a person, but I think my experience would suggest that my fairy godmother is... Read More
26
Jun
2018
What Having a Thick Skin Is…And What It Isn’t
I’m sure we’ve all heard that publishing industry phrase, “You need to have a thick skin.” And I’m sure we all assumed... Read More
25
May
2018
Friends Don’t Let Friends Write Bad Sex
Welcome to the Abridged Smut Writing Bible! Recently, I did a guest spot at All The Kissing giving tips about how to... Read More
25
May
2018
Making Promo Fun
Marketing Plan…these are words guaranteed to make most authors run for the hills. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Promoting... Read More
30
Apr
2018
Write the Tightrope: A Shortcut to Balance in Fiction Writing
Have you ever been at a party with that person who just won’t stop talking? Well, it’s the same thing with your... Read More
22
Mar
2018
3 Surprising Reasons I DNF Books, and How Writers Can Avoid Them
Have you ever been in a reading slump? You know the kind I mean, where you’re dying to disappear into the pages... Read More
13
Nov
2017
How to Choose the Right Editor for YOU
Have you ever wanted to hire a freelance editor, but you weren’t sure how to choose? There’s genre, of course. There’s checking... Read More
5
Jul
2017
Trends in Romance Novel Covers
I got a little curious lately about the shift in romance novel covers. It used to be a girl with her dress... Read More
3
Jul
2017
What Publishing Can Learn from the Music Industry
The digital age has already come to music, and now publishing is in the same awkward adolescent phase. Record labels didn’t handle... Read More
28
Jun
2017
How to Fight Book Pirates
As soon as a product goes digital, people figure out how to steal it. It used to be just songs and movies... Read More
