Do you know how many times I hear, “I don’t have time to blog, or post on Twitter or Facebook. Too many times to mention! The fact is, being an author is a business and this is part of the business. I tell my clients all the time that they have to make time. We [...]

Hi All, Finally, a dream come true. Your book, your baby was picked up by a publisher. That’s great! Or is it? I have heard one too many horror stories and I just feel sick. Author’s with a great following. No scratch that, not great… Amazing! Authors in high demand. So much so that it’s [...]

So you want to be a writer, and you think a small daily or good-size weekly is your best foot in the door? Be prepared to swing two bats. If this was baseball, practicing swinging two bats would put power in your swing. Same goes for writing. Disciplining yourself to crank out copy, and lots [...]

An editor told me recently he’s been inundated by stories that aren’t finished. In the freelance world, an unfinished story is a liability to the writer. The more work the editor has to do to it just to get it to useable, the less likely the writer is to continue the working relationship with that [...]