For our third, and final, part of this series, we are going to look into just a couple more things that every author needs to survive. If you missed PART ONE or PART TWO, just click on the links. So what is the first thing I'm going to list this week? Well, it's what gets [...]
Tag: Author Behavior
How to Survive being an Author (Part Two) #writing #amwriting #author #romance
In PART ONE we covered: writer friends and having a thick skin. So what's in store for part two? The first thing on the list is that authors need patience. However exciting it is to finish that novel, you have to make sure the story is fully done before you submit to a publisher or [...]
How to Survive being an Author (Part One) #writing #amwriting #author #writerslife
A couple of months ago someone shared a link to a blog post about how to survive being an author. Of course, once I saw the title I clicked on it, expecting either a really good article with some tips or perhaps some light-hearted funny antidotes on how to survive this crazy career. So which [...]
Ruin is a Gift. Ruin leads to Transformation #writing #author #amwriting #romance #fantasy #contemporary
When the movie Eat Pray Love came out there was one scene and one quote that struck me so deeply, I've used it several times over the years, whether as a quote to myself or to a friend who was going through a particularly hard situation. "A friend took me to the most amazing place the other [...]
Reader Entitlement: How far is too far? #amwriting #writing #author
A couple of months ago I wrote a post asking authors how they would feel if Hollywood screwed up their books when making it into a movie. The topic came to mind sometime after the announcement that the last Divergent movie was shelved and would be turned into a TV series instead. I've always been [...]
Things you should never say to an Author #writing #amwriting #author #romance
Every so often I hear a phrase, whether it's said to me or I see another author comment about what someone said to them on social media, that just makes me want to shake my head. Of course, these people aren't really privy to the reasons that their words bug us so much, seeing as they [...]
Do you need to “reset” yourself? #writing #amwriting #author #romance
"Do you ever feel you've become the worst version of yourself?" No? I guess it must be just me then. About a month ago, I woke up one morning and I just knew I needed to "RESET MYSELF". I'd had a pretty stressful and hurtful week before, and I knew that if I didn't change not [...]
Thanks for the Free Book . . . Sucker! #author #writing #amwriting #romance #fantasy
There is a new marketing and promotional trend for authors that is growing in popularity. How long it's been growing I'm not sure, as I was only introduced to it a couple of months ago, but whatever, it's growing. So what is this trend? Giving away full copies, or parts of your novels, or short stories on [...]
Trolls exist . . . it’s true, they steal your socks! #writing #amwriting #author #romance #fantasy
Any author who has novels on the market knows about "those reviews". You know those bad reviews where you just know that the person sitting on the other side of the screen typed those nasty-beyond-nasty words just out of spite. Maybe they know you personally or met you in a public place and without meaning to [...]
Behaving Badly ~ The Curse of the Internet Rant #writing #amwriting #author #selfpublishing #wednesdayblessings
Today, I'm reflecting on grace. I remember a fire storm erupting a couple of years ago over one author's rant against JK Rowling. In the article, author Lynn Shepherd bashed the famed Harry Potter creator and all her fans. Suffice it say this attack didn't bode well for Ms. Shepherd's career, and with the hate mail she received and [...]
Why you gotta be so mean? #writing #amwriting #writerslife #writerproblems
Just like every other author out there, I've always known the drill when it comes to dealing with bad reviews: just don't read them and ignore them completely. Still, though, even with all that wonderful advice, sometimes we cave. We read them. And they hurt. They hurt a lot. Certainly, every bad review can sting, but [...]
Bullying an Author #writerproblems #writing #amwriting #writerlife
Like millions of people in this world, I was bullied in elementary school, middle school, and high school. Treated like crap on purpose for reasons I will never know. Does this bother me? No. In all honesty, I'm now friends with some of the people on Facebook and they are all wonderful adults who I feel [...]
#FanFiction: Love it? Or Hate it? #writing #amwriting #writerslife #writerproblems
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." But, is it really? Perhaps, one day, long ago it was, but in this ever-growing world of WE are due everything WE want, I'm starting to think it's not flattery at all, but rather a form of entitlement. More specifically reader entitlement. Don't like a story? Think it should have [...]
How to Lose a Follower in 10 days…. #writing #amwriting #writerslife #writerproblems
For the past several months, I've been following a particular author on Facebook. When I first came upon her page, she seemed nice, helpful, and open to promoting other authors while she was gearing up on the release of her debut self published novel. Her posts were light, funny, and the same as any new [...]
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