How Should We Format Non-English Words?

As authors and audiences have diversified, it might be time to look at the standards for formatting non-English words and explore some of our options.

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How Should We Format Non-English Words?

Writing Projects: Are We Ever Really Done?

We often struggle to call projects done. Especially if we self-publish, many of our projects are never-ending, and that can create a feeling of burnout.

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Writing Projects: Are We Ever Really Done?

What Makes a Writer a “Real” Author?

What makes someone a “real” writer or a “real” author? Let’s look at the question of what makes a writer “real” from a different perspective.

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What Makes a Writer a “Real” Author?

Self-Publishing and Entrepreneurship

In many ways, a writing career has a lot in common with being an entrepreneur. Here are 6 entrepreneurship questions to apply to our writing career.

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Self-Publishing and Entrepreneurship

An Authors’ Guide to Creative Commons — Guest: Deborah Makarios

Post-NaNo and editing, how do we want to publish our work? Deborah Makarios shares her insights into what Creative Commons is and how it might apply to authors and our stories.

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An Authors’ Guide to Creative Commons — Guest: Deborah Makarios

Is There an Easier Way to Write a Synopsis? — Guest: Romy Sommer

Have you struggled with writing a synopsis, query, or Amazon book description? Romy Sommer shares her 10 step process for finding the core of our story and writing synopses.

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Is There an Easier Way to Write a Synopsis? — Guest: Romy Sommer

Writer Confidence: Do You Self-Reject?

Writers often suffer from self-doubt. We’re not sure if our story idea is interesting enough, if we’re the right person to write our idea. All that self-doubt can lead us to reject ourselves before others do—or before they even can.

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Writer Confidence: Do You Self-Reject?

How to Track and Fight Bad Trademarks — Guest: Kevin Kneupper

Heads up: You’re going to want to bookmark this post. *smile* The last few weeks have proven that trademark problems are here to stay in the publishing world for all authors of every genre, but we can fight back.

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How to Track and Fight Bad Trademarks — Guest: Kevin Kneupper

Writing Worries: Fighting the One-Hit-Wonder Problem

Writers are often a neurotic, self-doubting lot, so many of us long for validation. However, any validation is only temporary, and the best we can do is try to develop a healthy relationship with those desires.

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Writing Worries: Fighting the One-Hit-Wonder Problem