Penny Sanseveri From a business standpoint, giving something away for free to get a sale may seem counterintuitive. How can giving something away for free help you make money in the long run?   Think of offering those freebies as a marketing expense: the cost of exposure. Free promotions are a great way to get you […]

Turning Whine Into Gold by Kathryn Craft It was 2001 and as a dance critic, I’d been getting paid for my published writing for eighteen years. I had this writing thing in the bag! I just needed an agent to get my recently drafted novel out into the world. (Experienced authors: I hear you. Quit […]

Angela Ackerman A common frustration for Pantsers is being told that the way they write is “wrong” and what they should do instead is plan more so their first draft will hold together better. This happens because Plotters are focused on ensuring their first draft is structurally sound so revising will be easier. They don’t […]

Lainey Cameron Do you dream of escaping on holiday to finish your current draft? Or wonder how some writers churn out thousands of words while on vacation? I’m an author and digital nomad (meaning a person with no fixed abode who lives in different locations). The most frequent question writer friends ask me is How exactly […]

Jenn Windrow I’m a firm believer in writing what you love, not what you think will sell. For example, I write in two genres that have fallen out of favor with the big New York publishing houses…paranormal romance (PNR) and urban fantasy (UF). And not just any urban fantasy. Mine has the dreaded V-word…vampires.  But […]