In my short history of self-publishing Science Fiction eBooks, there are several things I’ve learned. Profound mistakes to be more exact. I share below, three important things which are a must if you are serious about becoming a writer. I don’t give a lot of advice on writing because there are tons of writers out […]
Thoreau and Simply Writing
Have you ever wished for a simpler lifestyle? A slower pace? We downsized a year ago. I’d hoped a smaller home—less to care for—would give me more time to write. But that hasn’t happened. Yet. Our new home was in great shape, but still—that one small word—there were things that needed doing. So as I […]
Kurt Vonnegut, Finding Time. Living Life As A Writer.
As I mentioned in my last blog, I’m a fan of author Kristen Lamb. She has done much to inform and motivate writers. Especially regarding how technology has shaped and influenced modern day writing and publishing trends. In a recent blog, she discusses Five Simple Ways to Finish a Book. A big complaint of mine, […]
The Ray Bradbury Diet. For Writers Only.
Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers. —Ray Bradbury, WD (Warning: This diet is not for everyone. It’s only for those individuals who live to write.) As writers, more than we want to eat, sleep, or whatever, we […]
The Dark Hours. Living Life as a Writer
What I find most motivational during those dark hours of self-doubt is reading what other writers have to say. Summer invaded. Visitors. Camping trips. Family. And my writing went the way of dead spring flowers—faded, dismissed but never forgotten—praying for a rain endowed wind or a hungry bird to escort them to fertile fields. My […]