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There has been a lot of talk lately about the #darkgate incident closely resembling #cockygate and some of you are already looking at me thinking… what? Okay rehash in a few simple lines for a subject that is anything but; Feleena Hopkins, tried to trademark the word “Cocky” in the US for her cowboy themed books. Subsequently she threatened and scared many authors into yanking titles offline, but the backlash against… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #cockygate, #copyright, #darkgate, #selfpub, #selfpublishing, #trademark, #writingcommunity, writerslife, writing
Welcome one and all to my blog! For All Hallows Eve (look, if you haven’t figured out I’m Australian by now here is you’re cue), I wish to present to those on the cusp and preparing for the dreaded thirty days of mayhem, trauma, and soul crushing despair, faced during the course of Nanowrimo, the kind of foe which every writer has come to know… WRITERS BLOCK! Scary, yeah?… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #books, #community, #creativity, #dream, #ebook, #inspiration, #nanowrimo, #Nanowrimo19, #novel, #series, #story, #support, #writingcommunity, #writingsprints, amwriting, rpg, storytelling, writing
I want to talk about the elephant in the room. The green one. The one that sits behind the screen and judges. Both their own self worth and what they have accomplished. A few months back someone sent me a screen shot a tweet that criticized authors for talking about writing many words in short periods of time and that the writing is probably trash. As a prolific sprinter, and knowing that… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #books, #creativity, #inspiration, #wordcount, #writers, #writingcommunity, #writingsprints, writing
Writing for You I’ve been bummed lately. I’m not even gonna lie about about it. “Don’t post about negativity.” Blogging 101 – and today… I don’t care. I’ve been stuck in a little bit of a rut and what I want you to know is how to conquer that because right now I feel like the world is at my feet rather than hanging over my head. I’ve… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #creativity, #fantasy, #novel, #romance, #scifi, #story, #Wattpad, #writingcommunity, amwriting, storytelling, writing
I’ve been doing a lot of beta reading lately, and thought I’d do a quick five minute post on some easy solutions for frequent problems I’ve been running into in my reading; Repetition Tell not show Character reactions Action sequences Of all the things I pull people up on these are the ones that I come across the most and today I wanted to give you the tools to help… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #betareaders, #betareading, #creativity, #writers, #writingcommunity, #writingtips, writerslife, writing
There is a battle on Twitter at the moment. I first witnessed it from several readers who were attacked by Indie authors for leaving anything but a five-star review. Authors… attacking readers. What kind of a fucked-up person do you have to be to attack your own consumers? One reader had given four stars, and posted a glowing review, but took it down after the indie author not tracked them… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #amreading, #authors, #books, #honesty, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #indiebooks, #read, #readers, #reviews, #selfpub, #selfpublished, #selfpublishing, #writingcommunity, indie, writerslife, writing
I was recently speaking to a friend about what else she could do beyond the basics of getting her marketing plan ready, and what it was to actually have one. There were things I knew, information I’d learned over the years that I’d kept to myself. Another Twitter user asked for some pointers, completely separate, and I thought about sharing my secretes with them too, before I asked myself why the hell… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #books, #community, #ebook, #indieauthor, #indieauthors, #marketing, #reviews, #success, #writingcommunity, indie, writerslife, writing
Sixteen weeks ago I was curled against the wall sobbing that there was no point being a writer anymore. I had to stop working on the Last Prophecy series and I wasn’t sure I could keep doing this. I wasn’t just tired, I was well and truly beyond weary. Exhausted. Five years ago I met with a doctor who’d taken a series of blood tests. The original tests were supposed to have… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #book, #community, #creativity, #dreams, #indieauthors, #inspiration, #novel, #success, #writemotivation, #writingcommunity, storytelling, writing
The Writing Community on Twitter has become the largest, fluffiest blanket of love and communication on Twitter. Ask any writer or creative and all sorts and they will assure you that the community on Twitter has made them a better writer. With people posting success and losses, times of trial and celebration, there are any number of people to reach out to for help, encouragement and support. But for such a… Read More
It’s scary, I get it. You’re asking someone who is potentially a stranger to put their grubby paws all over your creation. To dirty it’s walls with comments on the plot. Smear mud on character development. Wee on info dumps. Put a massive turd in that unforeseen plot hole. And the way you think about a betareader and their feed back is wrong. You’ve asked them to read it as… Read More
Category: Uncategorized Tags: #authors, #betareaders, #betareading, #books, #novel, #support, #writingcommunity, #writingtips, amwriting, writing
