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Goal Setting & Rule Breaking

Goal Setting & Rule Breaking

by Joy | Jan 17, 2023 | authors, creativity, doubt and fear, goals, Indie Authors, inspiration, journal, journaling, Publishing, writer mom, writing process

This blog post comes with a warning label. The process you’re about to read is not for beginners because I broke all the first-of-the-year rules. For Goal Setting 101, head to a post I wrote in 2018, “Resolving to Make Better Goals.” Now that we have that...
Training to Write Fantasy

Training to Write Fantasy

by Joy | Apr 9, 2020 | authors, fantasy, Indie Authors, world-building, writers, writing, writing process

When an athlete prepares to enter a competition or join a team, he or she trains hard. They eat right. Consuming the right calories is as important as doing the right exercises for a serious athlete.  Scholars train their minds before taking intense evaluations. They...
My 2020 Word of the Year

My 2020 Word of the Year

by Joy | Jan 2, 2020 | Indie Authors, writers, writing, writing community, writing process

After a lot of mind sifting, I’ve come up with my 2020 word of the year: WISDOM.  As I reflect on the words I’ve chosen the past four years, I realize how powerful and central they’ve been in my forward movement as an Indie Author.  2017—FOCUS  In 2016, I finally...
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...
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...
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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