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…
And Everything Will Cycle Through
Musings from the end of summer. Life is a washing machine. This is the conclusion I recently came to as I was driving home one evening while twilight leaked out of the sky. I have been feeling utterly overwhelmed, hopeless,…
Being a Cat Parent Means Paying Attention to Every Little Thing
Even mundane, everyday objects can pose a hazard to your cat I’ve been inundated with cat problems lately. Luckily none of them have to do with my cats directly, although I’ve had my fair share of close calls with my…
6 Self-Editing Hacks to Make Your Manuscript Shine
There’s a lot you can do to edit your book without hiring a professional editor So you’ve finally written that book you’ve been working on for what seems like your entire life. You’ve followed your outline precisely or, if you’re…
How to Manage Freelance Writing and Working Full-Time
This isn’t one of those articles that will tell you to quit your full-time job, I promise As a writer who’s finally gotten into freelancing and is actually being paid for her writing (which, I must tell you, was much…
I Tested Out Paid Beta Readers So You Don’t Have To
To beta read, or not to beta read, that is the question Oh, beta readers. If you’re a writer in the midst of writing and editing a novel, you’re probably quite familiar with the term. It’s the idea that you…
An Unpopular Poetry Opinion
Poetry is not fiction, so don’t treat the two forms the same. I read a decent amount of poetry. My love for this creative form of writing started in high school and has only blossomed since my teenage years. In…
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