Day 7 of 365 of blogging. For the Record, Coming up with daily topics is hard. Prior to becoming an author, my only experience with anthologies was purchasing them for college English classes. I assumed the only way anthologies were made was through careful curation from previously published successful authors. I didn’t realize they couldContinue reading “Anthologies”
Tag Archives: Author Process
Managing My Newsletter
Day 6 of 365 of blogging about my writing daily. When I first started toying with the idea of actually writing and publishing books, all the authors I came across with a relative degree of success behind them strongly suggested creating a newsletter. Their primary rationale was that social media sites come and go, butContinue reading “Managing My Newsletter”
Femme Audio Takeover
When I first wrote my poetry book, When Can We Be Soft?: Poems of Female Resilience, I wasn’t even aware that there was a growing community of freelance audiobook narrators. Those of us in the poetry community on Twitter often recorded readings of our own poems, so I knew that I would narrate the collection.Continue reading “Femme Audio Takeover”
A Messy First Draft?
Not on my watch. Not in my files. I know I’ve heard the suggestion/advice that it is more important to finish the full draft than worry about it being a good draft. Fine. I can agree with that to an extent. It is impossible to edit a blank page, and it is even difficult toContinue reading “A Messy First Draft?”
The Value of ARC Readers
When I got ready to publish my first book, a collection of poetry, back in April 2023, I had no idea what ARC Readers were. I’ve learned so much since then about the different types of readers authors, especially indie authors, need to have a successful book launch that sets them up for continued success.Continue reading “The Value of ARC Readers”