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Author Interview: David Owain Hughes
David Owain Hughes was kind enough to take some time out of his day to stop by and give me an interview. His new book Choice Cuts, new from Burning Willow Press , is currently available! You can view his Amazon author page HERE. (See below for author website and FB Page.) What is your favorite thing about being a writer?…
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The Introvert Writer at Conferences & Conventions
I am an introvert. I have discussed my introversion previously in this post. Today I read a blog post by fellow introvert writer Ashley Hodges that gives tips to fellow introverts who want to attend writers’ conferences. I kind of have a unique take on conferences and conventions. I did quite a few of them back in the mid 2000’s. There’s a…
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Honest Encouragement
It’s my belief there are two types of encouragement in the world. The first is unconditional. No matter how unrealistic or idealistic one’s goals are, unconditional encouragement is where you tell someone they can do whatever they want no matter what. My mom gave me a lot of unconditional encouragement when I was growing up by telling me I could…
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Microsoft Band – A Review
I occasionally like to review new technology and share with folks what someone who isn’t a tech blogger actually thinks about things. I’ve never been much for having a favorite “team”. My tech either works for me or it doesn’t. Also — I don’t get paid to review things. So here’s the thing — I actually USE my tech to help…
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For Newly Contracted/Published Indie & Small Press Authors
I wrote this because I work with a lot of first-time authors and I needed an article to direct them to to help them deal with the extreme excitement (and the expectations) they usually have about their first book. Over the years I’ve learned a lot about this business. The following has been gathered from my conversations with editors and…
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Hail to September!
What an awesome month it’s been! I finally finished Black Lily after a long, busy, and obstacle laden summer. It releases on October 3 – (but is available on Amazon, Kobo, and Smashwords for pre-order) so be sure to check it out, especially if you loved Training Amy and/or Switched! I think readers will enjoy that Black Lily is more…
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Go Forth and Market Thyself – Socially
In the past year I have been running into an interesting “type” of writer. The writer who loathes social networking so much (s)he avoids it like the plague because (s)he feels it hampers productivity too much. Many of these folks also tend to be the types who are against any type of self-marketing because they’ve read so many articles warning against doing the…
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End of April Update
This year has been off to a crazy start, but good things are coming! The first thing coming, likely late June, unless there are wild hares involved and it comes out in early June, is that Black Lily will be released! Black Lily is the final book in the Gilded Lily trilogy. The Amy Trilogy as some call it. After that, expect Her…
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Just Because One Can, Doesn’t Always Mean One Should
And by that, of course, I mean go into business for oneself. It’s great to say, “I have an idea and some start-up money – I’m going to start my own publishing house!”, but there are some things that a lot of start-up small presses get wrong, and from my observations – it’s a lot of the SAME things from…
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Rant: The Future of Esoteric Publishing
Recently I’ve been reading a lot of blogs with posts about the future of esoteric publishing. Some people have a great deal of optimism – others don’t. Admittedly, as both a reader AND writer of esoteric books – I’m finding myself in the naysayer camp. I’m not optimistic at all. Mostly because so much crap is being churned out of…