Every year here at Writers In the Storm, we picture one word that we need to guide us through the coming year. It might be an action or a belief or a philosophy. Below are our words. We hope you will share yours with us in the comments!… Read the post

by Lisa Norman

The first two parts of this series helped us set up a basic understanding of the changes in the world of art and writing.

If you missed them, here they are: Part 1 and Part 2.

In this final article of the series, I want to share suggestions and encouragement as we move forward into a changing world.… Read the post

by Lisa Norman

Every day, authors ask me how to survive the current social media meltdown.

The bad news:

Here is some of the bad news authors are focusing on:

• Twitter laid off 3,700 employees
• Meta (Facebook) laid off 11,000 employees
• Amazon is planning to lay off 10,000 employees
• Alphabet (Google) is discussing layoffs
• Preliminary statistics for book sales in 2022 are not great unless you are Colleen Hoover

There’s no denying it: these statistics are concerning.… Read the post

By Lisa Norman, @deleyna

In case you missed it, part 1 is here.

Backstory

You may remember that my first computer teacher, Mr. Wilson, shared a magazine article with me about the future of teaching.… Read the post

by Lisa Norman

Story time

I learned to type on a manual typewriter. In my advanced typing class at a small private school, the teacher promised that anyone who finished all the lessons in the book could work one-on-one with her to learn how to use the school's new computer.… Read the post