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Stages of Nano

Madness! How can you do it? How are you even CONSIDERING jumping into the world of Nanowrimo? In this economy? With 2020 in flames around us? All the stress and pressure? The desperate, urgent need to pour a story out in a matter of days in a caffeinated slew of tropes mashed together from secret perverse fanfiction! The desire to grab the characters by their shirt fronts and fall into the abyss… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #amwriting, #nano, #nanowrimo, #nanowrimo2020, #writer, #Writerslife, #writing, #writingcafe, #writingcommunity

Beta Readers Beginnings

Sometimes it takes another person to tell you that your story… is simply wonderful. Sometimes it takes another person to tell you that your story… is bloody awful. But what is it that a Beta Reader does, how do they do it, and what really is the difference between them and the host of other people who can read your script? After you’ve written a book, the first thing to do is… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #amwriting, #betareaders, #betareading, #writers, #Writerscafe, #Writerslife, #writingcommunity

Wrangling Advertising

Ah… advertising. What a hideous beast of fallibility that eats nothing but money and occasionally defecates a spike in sales. How on earth are you supposed to wrangle such a creature? Honestly, take tentative steps until you find something that works for you. I’ve spoken before about the basics of advertising but it never ceases to amaze me how many people don’t do these things. Start there because it helps prepare you… Read More

Category: Advertising, My Books, Social Media Tags: #advertising, #ebooks, #marketing, #selling, #Writerscafe, #Writerslife, #writingcommunity

Ana on Sensitivity Reading – Sensitivity Blog Series

Image Alt Text: This image depicts a purple sun on a white background and overlaid with the words “Exploring the need for / Sensitivity Readers / a blog series / by E.J. Dawson, Tara Jazdzewski, Alex Woodroe, Ashley Dawn, Fay Lane and Alexa Rose”. To the right of this image are a series of words arranged beside a black triangle, and from the top, the words read “disability / race /… Read More

Category: Sensitivity, Uncategorized Tags: #reading, #sensitivityreaders, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writerslife, writing

Sensitivity Readers – Blog Series

Category: On Writing Tags: #readers, #sensitivityreaders, #writers, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity

Healthy Writing

I’m going to tell you all something that should come as no surprise; I loathe exercise. When I wake up in the morning I pour in Earl Grey tea and hope fortitude will get me through the day. I do walk my 35kg mastiff which is a challenge unto itself but that’s rostered under my “Take care of Pets” not exercise and therefore excusable. Given we’re all trapped in our houses and… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #health, #mentalhealth, #physicalfitness, #writers, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, writerslife

Toxic Twitter: A Hidden Agenda

Over the years I’ve come to recognize the Writing Community on Twitter as… complicated. And no, this isn’t your Facebook relationship status kind of complicated. Whether or not I think these people should be named is irrelevant because it incites the very behavior I am about to admonish. I have a few followers, I don’t follow everyone back, I talk about why repeatedly. I do follow accounts that I interact… Read More

Category: Social Media, Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #random, #sociamedia, #Twitter, #writers, #writingcommunity, writerslife

Save Your Script with Save the Cat

I’m going to start by telling you all something I’m very proud of; I’m a panster. I rarely plot a novel, I have a few images in my head and an end scene usually and that end scene in my head often drives the rest of the story. The sense of discovery and how it comes to that point. Sometimes it’s in reverse and I have an opening idea, a… Read More

Category: On Writing, Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #novel, #SavetheCat, #writers, #writingcommunity, #writingtips, amwriting, writerslife, writing

Taking Down Trolls

The last time I fought I troll I did so quietly and with anonymity. Last night on Twitter that did NOT happen. Was it the glass of wine or the late hour on a Friday night or the nature of the attack? Nope, it was because this guy had nothing to spew but a generalized hatred of the world, its laser beam focused on me. Why? I invited him to. On this… Read More

Category: Social Media Tags: #amquerying, #bullying, #MSWL, #querying, #selfpublish, #selfpublishing, #trolls, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writerslife, writing

Cue the Editor

When I set out on my self-publishing journey I knew that I’d need a good editor. I spoke to a friends, found a few people who might help, and sent them firstly my novella. The people I spoke to had varying degrees of warmth – all of them charging a reasonable rate but to me was half a fortune. Editing is expensive because its work. In my case a LOT (but… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #authors, #edit, #editing, #editors, #selfpub, #selfpublish, #selfpublishing, #writers, #writingcommunity, writerslife

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