(Where is) A Writer’s Toolbox (Part 3)
This is long overdue, and I apologize. But it will be a while yet. There are two reasons you haven’t […]
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A Writer’s Toolbox (Part 2)
This is a three-part post. The first focuses on software and websites that offer Software as a Service. The second
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A Writer’s Toolbox (Part 1)
With over twenty years’ experience as a writer, I thought I’d share some software and Software-as-a-Service sites that I’ve found indispensable,
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Marketing on Instagram vs Twitter
Two months ago, I started selling my own clothes online as “Skrap Apparel on Etsy.” I don’t have a marketing
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Making Money Ain’t Easy
Look, we’re all struggling to make money, authors as much as anyone else. As a writer, you can focus all
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Trigger Warning: Rant About Trigger Warnings Ahead
A discussion among authors around a list of suggested trigger warnings got me to thinking: how would the books that influenced me stack up to this list?
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A Short Story Publishing Strategy, Sort of
Back when I was in university, I wrote some short fiction. I even got some backhand praise for it (“It’s too real, you’re writing a memoir and passing it off as fiction”), if not the best grades
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Writing Pitfall: Cool Solution Looking for a Problem
For the “Cool Solution looking for a Problem” to work, the experts in your story need to be smarter than your target audience
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You Can’t Tell Which of Your Stories Will Be Popular
I’ve written perhaps thirty short stories, at least as many dribbles (100-word stories), three full-length novels (in excess of 100,000
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Why I Haven’t Left Facebook (Yet)
Like many of you, I’m not thrilled with Facebook. They’ve taken too much information, too much control, and not shown enough restraint. I’ve read about the ways that Facebook radicalizes QAnon followers, supports racist groups and generally does not act like a good local or global citizen.