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- Pamela Risdon commented on Emily Lackey's article The Art of Submission: How to Make Social Media Work for You...of reaching out, there's got to be a better way. Esp. if your sensitive to the grandiose outpouring of other peoples accolades. I quit for a few reasons. One being that the founder o...
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In Between ProjectsI found this post interesting because I was just sitting here think of a pen name for myself. I agree totally with your list of reasons why a writer would want to use a pen name. Thanks for sharing.Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsDana Alexander commented on Brooke Warner's article Will Traditional Publishing Retain Its Dominance by Mandating That Its Authors Keep Their Distance from Self-Published Authors?...publish your post on my website. Too often good writing is overshadowed by the 'biz' of traditional versus Indi (I understand the often obvious reasons) and the focus on the great d...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsRebecca Forster commented on Brooke Warner's article Will Traditional Publishing Retain Its Dominance by Mandating That Its Authors Keep Their Distance from Self-Published Authors?Great post, thanks so much. This saddens me to no end. I was traditionally published for 25 years. I have been indie for 5. There are a ton of reasons I went indie and it has been an...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsBrooke Warner commented on her article Will Traditional Publishing Retain Its Dominance by Mandating That Its Authors Keep Their Distance from Self-Published Authors?...tself seen as a bad thing anymore. So many more people are publishing independently. A lot of authors are giving up on traditional publishing for reasons that include control, flexibi...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsKat Stiles commented on her article Top 10 Editing Tips for your Final DraftThanks everyone for your comments! Mardith - I agree, laziness or time constraints are probably the top reasons to not read it out loud! Courtney - I didn't know about Audacity, thank...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsJane Hanser commented on Bella Mahaya Carter's article [Body, Mind & Spirit] How To Unlock Your Truth...entire time. They're not ready to share. Maybe they're not ready because they're still not trusting that they won't be judged. There can be many reasons. And the group will respect t...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsDee Ann Waite commented on her article First Line Catches the ReaderOh, absolutely agree, Victoria! You are so right; I also have dropped traditionally published books for the same reasons. I was just gearing the post towards indies because I've had s...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between Projects...ad with 2 young kids). I think I would add (since I am SOOOOO guilty of this): Admit to yourself you're procrastinating! I know I constantly find reasons why I'm not writing: not quie...Writing Status Badges
Writing Status Badges help you distinguish yourself based on different stages of your writing life cycle.BrainstormingOutliningResearchingWritingRevisingQueryingPreparing to PublishUnder ContractPublishingPromotingBloggingIn Between ProjectsJill Ebstein commented on her article The Life of a Newbie Indie Writer...ibes most of us, but it is not what we highlight in our performance-centric, media-hyped society where amazing achievers are the rule (one of the reasons I couldn't get agent interest...
