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How Do You Know When To Quit?

How Do You Know When To Quit?

We hear it all the time. To be a writer, you need to be persistent. Indeed, it’s the lifeblood of any creative pursuit, especially in a business as tough as...

How Do You Know When To Quit?

We hear it all the time. To be a writer, you need to be persistent. Indeed, it’s the lifeblood of any creative pursuit, especially in a business as tough as...

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Finding My Voice: The Power of Meeting Readers ...

Last year, after becoming thoroughly disillusioned with the pay-to-play world of social media, I decided to get back to basics and try a couple of live events. No ads, no...

Finding My Voice: The Power of Meeting Readers ...

Last year, after becoming thoroughly disillusioned with the pay-to-play world of social media, I decided to get back to basics and try a couple of live events. No ads, no...

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Why Indie Authors are Cheering for Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift. Musician, billionaire businesswoman, and all-around global phenomenon is publishing her Eras Tour coffee table book without going through a big publishing house. With this bold choice, she’s effectively...

Why Indie Authors are Cheering for Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift. Musician, billionaire businesswoman, and all-around global phenomenon is publishing her Eras Tour coffee table book without going through a big publishing house. With this bold choice, she’s effectively...

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When Will I Ever Learn?

I ran out of rope this week. If dogged determination, relentless cheeriness, and blind optimism were plaited into a rope, I abruptly ran out of all three.  I'm no mountaineer,...

When Will I Ever Learn?

I ran out of rope this week. If dogged determination, relentless cheeriness, and blind optimism were plaited into a rope, I abruptly ran out of all three.  I'm no mountaineer,...

Halloween, Nostalgia, and Plastic Pumpkins

Halloween, Nostalgia, and Plastic Pumpkins

As you'd expect from a writer of witchy fiction, I love Halloween. If it could stretch all the way to springtime, I’d gladly trade Christmas for a few more months...

Halloween, Nostalgia, and Plastic Pumpkins

As you'd expect from a writer of witchy fiction, I love Halloween. If it could stretch all the way to springtime, I’d gladly trade Christmas for a few more months...

Mabon Reflections: The Dance of Day and Night

Mabon Reflections: The Dance of Day and Night

The wheel turns. This Sunday is Mabon, the autumn equinox. Day and night will be equal—like the black swan and the white, frozen on stage with toes pointed, wings outstretched,...

Mabon Reflections: The Dance of Day and Night

The wheel turns. This Sunday is Mabon, the autumn equinox. Day and night will be equal—like the black swan and the white, frozen on stage with toes pointed, wings outstretched,...