Archive for May 2023
7 Ways to Boost Your Writing Confidence
Writing can be incredibly rewarding, but it’s not for the faint of heart. It takes patience and tough skin, so you have to be confident in what you’re doing to be successful. That confidence isn’t necessarily automatic. But you can develop it with real intention. 1. Go bite-sized. Don’t worry about how long your session goes…
Read MoreThe Three Main Options to Publish Your Book
You’ve got three big options if you want to publish a book: traditional publishing, independent publishing, and self-publishing. These three options are very different animals and will suit different authors in different ways. Traditional publishing Traditional publishing usually involves working with the so-called Big Four publishers (Penguin Random House/Simon and Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Harper…
Read MoreWhy Every Writer Should Keep a Gratitude Journal (and How to Make One Work)
You’ve heard the buzz, right? About gratitude journals? Keep one and your fairy godmother will magically appear, boop you with her wand *boop!* and make all of your woes go poof. At least, that’s the impression I get from reading a lot of articles online. To a big degree, I think some of the claims…
Read MoreQuerying? Here’s How to Speed Up the Process
Regardless of whether you’re sending off a short 300-word article or a novel, querying is a major part of a writer’s life. The trouble is, it can take an ungodly amount of time if you don’t create and use a strategy. Here’s what you can do to speed up the process and get good results.…
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