How Do I Hire An Editor?

How Do I Hire An Editor?

It’s an admission that you’re a *gasp* writer.   It’s allowing your book to be seen by someone else.   It’s a commitment to actually getting your book out there, to be seen by others.   And it’s a step towards a future that might just...
How Do I Write My Book?

How Do I Write My Book?

There are more frustrated writers out there than you’d believe.    I know, because I talk to writers, and would-be writers for a good amount of time each week, and also, because Himself STILL hasn’t finished the book he started in 2012. We all have excuses...

Book.Write.Now.

Hey. You. Yes, you. The one who’s been jawing ON and ON about writing a book. If you’re serious, come and join the Facebook group for actual writers (You know, the ones who actually sit down and actually thump words out and … WRITE STUFF). I started...

Don’t be an Art Martyr

The Chandelier, by Jo Bradshaw. Etching is where it started… Last week’s blog post contained the line: Art needs to be made, not questioned before it’s even born. When I wrote that sentence last week, it was an idea that came out fully formed, and I didn’t...

The 3 Essential Ingredients for Writing – NOW

After the last post, you’re aware that your time is running out.                   You know you don’t want to die with your music (your book) inside you. You want to write that thing. You can feel it – just waiting to get...

Life, death, and writing (again)

I’m going to talk to you about your book again today. How are you going? Is your book getting written? Progress being made, day by day? Word count going up, steadily? It’s not, is it? Things get in the way, and writing’s not that easy. I know. I write too. Or not,...