Writing Tip: Indie Publishing—When is it Right?

Writing Tip: Indie Publishing—When is it Right?

In 2010 I won a Best Fiction Award and had three agents ask for my full manuscript. I was attending the SCWC (Southern California Writers Conference) and had submitted pages as an Advanced Read. One of those agents was based in New York and asked me to give him first...
Writing Tip: Take a Chance—Share Your Creative Passions

Writing Tip: Take a Chance—Share Your Creative Passions

Writers are a self-reliant lot. We have to be. We think, plan, craft and write in isolation. And even when we get guidance from an editor or read ‘n critique group it’s still our final decision, made in isolation, as how (or if) we will follow that advice. And writers...
Writing Tip: Indie Publishing—When is it Right?

Writing Tip: Seven Steps to Story

So how does my attitude about being self–reliant come into play as a writer? I think most writers will agree that when it comes right down to it, it’s up to us to sit our butt in the chair and do the hard work. No one else can do that for us. It’s up to us, and us...