Your book has been edited, the cover design is completed, the layout has been finalized and proofs provided. The novel is set to release, all your hard work is soon to be revealed to the world. This is the big moment that you as a writer have been waiting for. Are you...
Balancing Stubbornness and Humility
In any creative field, there are going to be people in life that tell you not to pursue your dreams and there will be those that encourage you. It ultimately becomes a fine line of balancing stubbornness and humility in our minds. Sometimes we do steer too far one way...
GoIndieNow Live Panel Discussion The Creative Art of Promoting with an Edge
This great GoIndieNow panel discussion took place LIVE on Friday Nov 10th, 2017. We were joined on the panel by: MIRANDA OH http://ohmirandaoh.com A.G. KIRKHAM http://romancebyagkirkham.com/ JENNIFER LANDELS http://pulpliterature.com/ KONN LAVERY...
Texting or Email for Work?
Updated June 03, 2020 Should you be texting or email for work? Which one is the right method to send information to someone? It is a grey area for many people. If you start asking your colleagues, you will find there is a wide a range of opinions on the proper...
Distractions and Time Management for Writing
Everyone is busy, let’s face it. We all have things to do, places to go and people to see. We have difficulties dealing with distractions and time management for writing. Especially in the western civilization, we are overstimulated with tasks on a day to day basis at...
Top 7 Tips for Series Writers
Check out the Top 7 Tips for Series Writers on Scribbles, Quibbles, & Scrawlings website. There are 7 authors including my contribution. The authors are: Rob Boffard Jenna Greene Konn Lavery Rebekah Raymond Kelly Charron Tyner Gillies Pat Flewwelling Top 7 Tips...
Keeping Organized when Writing
Let’s face it, when writing there is a lot of stuff to keep track of. You have to fact-check, keep consistency with places, times, descriptions and events. This becomes even more complex when you are working on genre fiction like fantasy or science fiction because you...
When is your book series done?
As a follow up from the “When is your book done?” blog post, I wanted to expand on writing series. When you are writing a single novel it is can be a bit easier to define a beginning, middle and ending. Knowing the answers to these questions is more challenging when...
The Writer's Edge: Networking for Authors Featuring Creative Edge
Networking is one of the trickiest things for authors, especially with so many in person and online options. What are the best practices and what's most worth your time? We're joined by Creative Edge authors and the owner himself to share their unique experiences and...