Should You Pay to Have Your Query Letter Critiqued?
Sometimes a little investment goes a long way Oh, querying. That lovely process that is required for most writers to go from writing a book to traditionally published. That same process that, at best, consists of a love-hate relationship for…
The No-Spend Month: Week 4
That’s a wrap, folks! It’s now officially March, and you know what that means? My no-spend month is officially over! I can’t say that I’m glad that it’s over, or that I’m sad that it’s over. My feelings about the…
The No-Spend Month: Week 3
An up and down week. Holiday weeks always throw me off. Don’t get me wrong — I was very grateful to have the 21st off work for President’s Day, but I am left floundering a little bit and taking longer…
Where to Start When Creating Your Author Website
From someone who has had too many iterations of her author website to count Back in 2016, after I attended my first writing conference, I decided to start my author website. I didn’t yet have a completed manuscript, let alone any…
The No-Spend Month: Week 2
It feels surprisingly good not spending money. Week two of my no-spend month is in the books, and I’d call it a success. I’m going to start by breaking down each day of the last week, which included a lot…
The No-Spend Month: Week 1
Spending money is a lot easier than not spending money. The first week of February has come and gone, and the first week of my no-spend month is officially over. Did I live to tell the tale? I did indeed,…
The No-Spend Month
Taking consumerism to a new low. If only I had a cool VW bus piggy bank to collect my money in this month… Well, I could go buy myself a Volkswagon bus piggy bank, but that would be precisely against…
How to Juggle All the Things While Building Your Author Platform
If you’re trying to make it as a freelancer, self-published author, or traditionally published author, there’s probably one thing you’ve heard about over and over again: building an author platform. The days of publishing a book with one of the…
Why Writing on Medium is Worth it Even if You Don’t Make Thousands of Dollars a Month
Or even a hundred dollars a month, like me As a former English major who’s somehow ended up in the financial aid field (another story for another day, perhaps), I’m constantly trying to practice my writing skills and break into…
You Don’t Need to Get Over Your Fear, You Need to Learn to Live With It
Fear is inevitable, but letting it control your life is not. Something I’ve heard my entire life is that the best things happen when you “get over” your fear. When I was younger and crying because I didn’t want to…
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