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I got my queue cleared and am finally delivering on my promise to talk about target market versus target audience. I’ll get right to it...

Things that can wreck a career come in all shapes and sizes, and one of them is underestimating your own worth. The quickest way to fail...

The market for your book is definitely not everyone. No matter how much you’ve convinced yourself this is the case, carrying that...

I understand I will take a lot of heat for saying that you can’t Instagram or Facebook your way to a publishing contract without first...

Yes. This is a little tough love here. I do not apologize. One of the worst mistakes I see new authors make is not understanding how...

We love the sound of our voice, and we love our own life story, and we love listing our accomplishments. But do other people love hearing...

No matter how many creative writing courses you’ve taken over the years, one thing you’ve probably heard multiple times is how important...

There is so much controversy on this topic lately that I said to myself, “Self, why not jump in the fray?" There are hard and fast rules...

A must-read for those who write meat-on-the-bones historical fiction. Don’t kid yourself about what you think you already know. Don’t...

If you’ve been in the literary field for a while, you have probably discovered that novels don’t just fall into place; you must develop...

For all my fellow web content writers, whether you write through a content broker in the wonderful world of ghostwriting or primarily...

****First of all, thank you to all my new subscribers. This blog has only been live for less than six months and it’s doing well and I...

Although it is a devious path to wind down, let’s talk about editing. It’s not an exact science, as evidenced by giving an article, short...

In a world of apps doing our thinking for us, it’s easy to fall into a trap of… well… not thinking anymore. For creative writing,...

There’s a very good reason that the law applies a “cooling off period” to so many things. There’s definitely a cooling off period that...

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is sometimes referred to as insanity. Nevertheless, it’s amazing how...

Sometimes you have to go back and reconnect with something you fell in love with a long time ago that you might not have thought of for...

Image by Gerd Altmann I’ve noticed over the years, that because novel writing is a creative activity, many people think that merely...

I love a good political thriller. I read Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum. I like Jack Ryan and Jason Bourne, and a lot of other characters...

It’s not unusual to hear editors talking about what writers do wrong and it’s equally as common to hear writers talking about what...