Writing Life

  • Sharing the adventure.

    I heard the advice today on the The Self Publishing Podcast from marketing expert Tim Grahl that writing is an adventure, and when you blog, you should share the adventure. […]

  • Starting the new year.

    Cuz last year sucked. So hard. To start 2015 off, my husband and I were broke. We were making better money than we had in a long time, but because […]

  • Been gone awhile.

    Sorry about that. I’ve been rather busy. I’ve decided that while writing is still my main passion in life, being self-employed is a big deal. So I started a small […]

  • The relationship.

    As a writer, I get handed a lot of books by random people. Some of the books are by authors these people admire, some of them are self-written works, some […]

  • Branding.

    I met with my small business consultant today, and she and I discussed that illusive and bizarre creature, my brand. She suggested I come up with a handful of key […]

  • How to help people.

    I had a job interview a while ago for office assistant at a chiropractor’s office. I gushed during the interview about how much I enjoyed helping people, how my previous […]

  • I’m proud of my development as a writer.

    That’s a good feeling, and one I forget a lot. I think that’s an artist thing, too — or maybe a writer thing. Forgetting to be proud of your accomplishments. […]

  • Dark stories scare me.

    Which is really bizarre, since that’s the kind of thing I write. I had to swear off Stephen King after just 3 books, I had to proclaim to my husband […]

  • The belly dance/writing crossover.

    I talked about artists’ brains in a previous post, and how it seems like we can’t stick to just one medium. I didn’t get too many comments here, but when […]

  • Marketability.

    I was at a craft fair peddling my books yesterday, and the woman at the booth beside me told me she and her girlfriend are writing a children’s book. She […]

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