After you finish your first draft, the first question is often, now what? Well, most drafts need a little attention in these areas. These are the four areas of improvement that will take your draft to the next level, every time. Not finished plotting yet? …

A common mistake I see in book marketing is chasing tactics without a strategy in mind. You can get lucky doing this, but the worst can also happen. You may have the best month of your career with no idea how to replicate it. And that would be hell. Instead of trying everything and anything Instead…

I’ve been at this in one form or another since 2011. I was a new mom when my friend from high school sent me her completed manuscript. It was, as it turned out, far from complete, but still. She’d gotten a draft done. From beginning to end. …

“GET AN EMAIL LIST!” says every marketer ever, all the time. And you know why you should, too, so I won’t bore you with things like, “Because you own it!” Unlike your Facebook page or your TikTok channel or whatever, you have control, and it can’t be taken from you…

You have some really great stuff here! Thank you for sharing your journey, some of the parallels have me thinking deeper about this side of me I've been hiding from the world and in large part from myself. Great article.

This is so true! And if you dont have the proper mindset when you hit this milestone it can become a serious bump in the road. I'll have to think on it more before I try to describe it, but something that seems like the best thing can quickly take you down if you're not prepared.

As I’m scrolling through my homepage, coffee in hand, cat in lap, kids busy getting ready for school, I see a lot of posts about what new writers should or shouldn’t do. Each one is absolutely confident their advice is the advice for you. While some of the information may…

I love you're thinking outside the box to use NaNo as the best tool it can be for you! And Congratulations on finishing your novel!

NaNoWriMo is an exciting time for authors, especially writers who are starting out or trying to get back into the swing of a project. Many use NaNoWriMo as a fun and engaging way to write as much as they can and not obsess over their WIP until next November. …