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A Day in the Life of an Indie Author: The Homeschooling Author Mom

A Day in the Life of an Indie Author: The Homeschooling Author Mom

by Joy | Oct 24, 2019 | authors, Indie Authors, writer mom, writing community, writing process

Welcome to another “Day in the Life of an Indie Author” post. Curious why I chose the Indie path? Check out my introduction to this series.  Now that my fall schedule is back in full swing, I decided to share how a typical weekday works for me. As a homeschooling...
Interview with a Debut Fantasy Author

Interview with a Debut Fantasy Author

by Joy | Oct 16, 2019 | authors, books, fantasy, fiction, Indie Authors, literature, Publishing

We have a special guest today. Please help me welcome one of my dear writer friends, E.E. Rawls, author of Strayborn, a just-out-this-week fantasy meets steampunk tale with characters who face the terrors of coming of age while also learning to use powers of elemental...
Indie Authors and the Case of Fifty Hats

Indie Authors and the Case of Fifty Hats

by Joy | Oct 3, 2019 | authors, Indie Authors, Publishing, writing process

Working as an Indie Author is a little like attempting to switch hats during a storm with hurricane-force winds while still holding on to the other forty-eight hats in your collection.  Yeah.  As in a prized hat collection, each of our metaphorical ones has a place...
Lessons from Publishing My Debut Novel

Lessons from Publishing My Debut Novel

by Joy | Sep 26, 2019 | authors, doubt and fear, dream of authorship, Publishing

Tuesday marked the beginning of a new chapter in my life—the publication of my first novel. While, in many ways, this has been just another week—each day full of the typical weekly activities and responsibilities (times a thousand, thanks to all the last-minute tasks...
What Is Southern Fiction?

What Is Southern Fiction?

by Joy | Sep 12, 2019 | authors, books, genre, readers, reading, southern fiction, stories

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend a southern (US) fiction panel at my favorite annual event—the Mississippi Book Festival. I missed the first few minutes of that panel.  (In my defense, I was meeting Ann Patchett and handing her a copy of my novel—and might...
Indie Authors and the Case of Time

Indie Authors and the Case of Time

by Joy | Sep 5, 2019 | authors, dream of authorship, goals, Indie Authors, Publishing, Revisions, writers, writing process

The Question  I got the question the other day. The one that makes me cringe and frantically glance around for an escape while doing a mental run-through of what the asker’s intentions could be. You know the one.  Are you self-published?  Well, of course I am; and,...
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