This story has the holiday tropes backwards The plants want more coffee You run into your characters (Oh come on. I have a series about...

I went into the helpfulness of the Myers Briggs test for your characters here: Hey Baby, What’s Your Personality Type? and have done this...

Our group is called Gremus (it’s short for something and it’s a long story :), and DDG came up with a Risk game based on continents made...

Source: Unringing the Bell — A Blast From the Past Post, October 2011 #writing #IndieAuthor #amwriting #indiepublishing #writerlife

(I’d like to make it clear up front this is a journal article from a fake law journal in a magical reality and none of this should be...

There’s a lot of things you know have to be done before a story or novel can be put out there.  Obviously it has to be written, edited,...

As of two days ago, I had no clue what went into a marketing plan.  I knew I needed one, I got what the term meant, but I didn’t get what...

Who’s in the clock? Wearing green just got a lot more dangerous. Why is he wearing a shirt but no pants? Every Monday I’ll give you a...

When LKH  was faced with fans getting crazy on her tours, read the article cuz she actually got attacked in a bathroom, she didn’t stop...

The most effective way for authors to market books is by talking directly to readers through email marketing. How to start list building....

I dedicated the weekend to working on the cover for the first Evie Jones short story.  For a book, I could commission an artist from...

Think about it.  Used to be if you were hanging out at a coffee shop or even around the house, if you had something in front of your nose...

Why don’t you want to kill the spiders? Work mistake cover up. Federal investigation! What did you do! Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky...

Working through some kinks, and bashing out my desire for bright colors because I am not 12 years old, with my sister really helped bring...

When you’re going Indie it’s a good idea to have a publishing company under your name (as a dba or an LLC).  It’s still you, but it’s...

Unless you’re Steven King, JK Rowling, or some other huge sold a million copies author, you probably have a day job.  If you work...

I gave myself (and you!) a challenge here to fix the drunken cat plots of your first (or second, fifth, whatever) novel.  If you’re...

(Usual upfront disclaimer, yes I am a lawyer, no I am not your lawyer.  All of this is extremely generalized and simplified legal...

What dancing gorilla? New sex project lands man in hospital. Breathing blood is fun. Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky prompt or three...

Every once in awhile (or about once a week) writers get down and wonder if we’ve really done anything.  We haven’t finished that book,...