You’ve typed The End. Congratulations! Celebrate! Live it up! Now you send it straight to the editor to fix, right? Wrong. Let it breathe or marinate or whatever term you’d like to use. The length of time for this varies for different writers. Some need to set it...
I’ve decided to launch what I hope will be a fun series of once-a-month behind-the-scenes looks at the daily life of an Indie Author. To do this, I thought it might be helpful if I explain a little about what an Indie Author is and what roles one fills. What is an...
Whatever we choose to do with our lives, we will face challenges, obstacles and roadblocks. These are the opponents in our cage. We should long to do whatever we’ve chosen to the best of our ability, if it’s something we’re truly passionate about. Often the...
Last week I launched the website for Logos & Mythos Press. This public declaration of my future intentions comes after about a year and a half of behind-the-scenes work. The most frequent question I receive when I tell people I’m setting up my own publishing...
More than once or twice, I’ve heard an author apologize, “I’m just self-published.” That phrase hurts my heart. Why? Because what I hear beneath their choice of words and tone is something I want them to hear: “I wrote something straight from my heart that I believed...
Before you click away because you don’t plan to open a shop, let me make a case for why everyone should have a business plan—or life plan, if you prefer. First, I think you’ll find my reasons below fit you and your life and where you want to go in it. Second, just...
