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The #WritingCommunity’s Inclusiveness & Support

We’re living in a world with a lot of chaos and fighting. Covid. The BLM movement. The art vs artists arguments. The truths coming about from the traditionally publishing industry, agencies that have had staff walk out, the disparaging differences for advances to black authors, and most recently the NYT revelations. *deep breath* All of these are confronting and difficult and we need to hear them. So… Read More

Category: Social Media Tags: #authors, #creativity, #selfpub, #selfpublish, #selfpublishing, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, writerslife, writing

Ugliness in The Publishing Industry

Ugliness in the Publishing Industry I’m angry. I’m furious. I’m at the end of my fucking rope. I’d like to say its about the BLM movement, and what’s happening in Australia and America is terrible. I’d like to say it’s the #Publishingpaidme tag and the disparagement between black authors and white authors is sickening. I’d like to say it’s the transphobic tweets from JK Rowling this morning but to be honest… Read More

Category: Social Media, Uncategorized Tags: #diversity, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #indiebooks, #selfpub, #SelfPubIsHere, #selfpublish, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writing

Seeking Self-Publishing? Stop Here First

I started writing a seriously in 2014 and consequently, self-published called the Last Prophecy Series. My reason remains sound; it was a twenty-one novella and book fantasy steampunk series. Not exactly a trendy topic, succinct series, or the kind of project that would be over in a few years. But I was determined and it remains to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Getting an editor taught me a… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #authors, #indieauthors, #selfpub, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #write, #writers, #writingcommunity, goals, indie, writing

Refilling Your Tank

In everything that’s going on at the moment I know some of you are more scared than you’ve ever been before. There are a million things going on outside our control. Fear eats a hole in our stomachs as we twitch aside window curtains and wonder if just one more visit to the store will bring home a fatal virus. We lived with our parents and grandparents dread of another… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #books, #creativity, #creators, #inspiration, #lockdown, #mentalhealth, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writing

An Unstoppable Juggernaut

We live in troubling times. We all know this. Which makes it especially important to stay inside, to work on what makes us happy. Except it doesn’t always work out like that. I’ve been without work for four weeks now and at the start I was very productive in the sure knowledge my situation was temporary. It has become evident over the last two weeks that this will… Read More

Category: #inspiration, Social Media Tags: #99c, #art, #artists, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artwork, #authors, #beautiful, #booklaunch, #collaboration, #creative, #creativelight, #creativity, #design, #drawing, #dreams, #ebook, #help, #helping, #illustration, #inspiration, #logo, #love, #painting, #portrait, #series, #sketch, #SocialMedia, #worldbuilding, #writers, #writingcommunity, writing

QoS: Awakening on Pre-order!

I wrote a book four year ago when a man told me that if I was writing I should write sex because it sells. The angry protagonist that came about from that one encounter was not about to put up with that sort of behaviour and I wrote an action fueled scifi romance in sixty days. But this romance wasn’t about a hero who comes in and makes demands, assumptions or uses… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #action, #amwritingromance, #ebook, #newrelease, #preorder, #psychic, #romance, #scifi, #selfpub, #series, #slowburn, #writingcommunity, amwriting, author

Patreon Page Shenanigans

Yep. I’m doing it. I’ve had a Patreon page set up for over month now I haven’t launched. I have been planning it now for about a year. I didn’t do it because asking people to support me in my writing journey from a financial point of view felt crap. But after spending a year doing nothing but give I’ve come to a point where I need to… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #authors, #creativity, #dreams, #inspiration, #novel, #patreon, #publishing, #wordcount, #writingcommunity, amwriting, goals, writerslife, writing

Wolf at the Door

I’m having a rant. Want to know why? Because people are being bullied. Being threatened. Being made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the #WritingCommunity. I wish this wasn’t the first time I’ve spoken about how I’ve seen or been guilted in the #WritingCommunity about what I do with my Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages, but I’d be a damn liar. Anyone who’s followed me would know I have… Read More

Category: Social Media Tags: #authors, #blackmail, #book, #books, #bullied, #bullying, #community, #dreams, #ebook, #F4F, #followers, #indieauthors, #marketing, #Publishers, #reading, #selfpub, #SocialMedia, #Twitter, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, indie, writing

Riding the Ripples

We talk a lot about writers block and what to do about it. All the different tips and tricks, and outright clownish tom-foolery in order to just sit down and shuffle twenty six letters until we can finally finish the fugly dumpster fire we somehow have to convince people to love as much as we do. Anyone who’s written more than a few pieces, or those *naughty*… Read More

Category: On Writing Tags: #amediting, #authors, #editing, #editors, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writing

How I F*cked Up

Rather than respond directly to a series of tweets that were recently hurled at me about why I would need editors, critique partners or beta readers before selling my novel to unassuming readers, I’m going to explain why I do in great detail. And to do this I have gotten up at 5am to trawl through notes made to me about my work over years of novels to show you all… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #amediting, #betareader, #critiquepartner, #edit, #editing, #feedback, #mistakes, #read, #reading, #reviewing, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writing

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