Sometimes I forget to stop and appreciate how pretty this corner of the world is. It’s been a busy week with lots of ups and downs. Today is a good time to stop, enjoy the view, smell the briny ocean air, and soak up the precious sunshine that’s so rare…
Publishing is on of those industries where it looks like nothing is happening until a book hits the market on release day. Secretly, everyone here knows that behind the scenes everything is pure chaos, angst, worry, hard work, and possibly a little bit of magic. It takes a lot to…
The query letter… Dreaded. Hated. Feared. Reviled. The query letter is a necessary requirement for getting your story in front of literary agents and editors. More importantly, the query letter is what sells your books to readers. Yup, that’s right, even indie authors write query letters. Grab the nearest fiction…
Let’s pretend for a minute that I was a painter instead of an author, and that this painting of swirls and leaves was my first book. This is the painting I went into the world with. This is the painting I found an art dealer with. This is the…