Writers in Wartime We’re all watching a shocking invasion unfold. I’ve been following Ukrainians who live with explosions, sirens, and possible sudden flight. One of them is a writer. I’m wondering what I can do to help. This morning, I went to my favorite writing channel on Youtube, the Self-Publishing Formula podcast and watched an interview with Ukrainian science fiction writer Anton Eine. I was moved to see that my favorite writing community is helping…
I finished my 10-day Do-It-Yourself At Home Writing Retreat, and I learned some new things about my creative process . I got a lot done: Edited the first third of my novel manuscript Wrote three new poems Prepared ideas for cover art for my forthcoming novel Wrote a couple of blog posts and some tweets Finished the script for a musical Had some fun days in nature and in town It was an experiment, as…
Twitter — with all you have to do writing an entire novel, and then spendig nearly as much time finding a publishing house and marketing it after publication — why jump into this fast-moving river that is Twitter? Why grab your 15 seconds of attention in the feed to try and sell your book to readers? The simple answer is because any social platform gives you the chance to benot just an author to potential…