Category: indie authors

• On Writing Fiction

  

  Am I two inches from the floor I can’t see, or the next step is a 200 ft drop? Been fighting myself over this since I started writing fiction. I face this battle every damn day I sit in front of my laptop, the cursor blinking at me, waiting patiently for me to decide if […]

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  September 19, 2022

  Authors, careers, copywriter, Creativity, Emerging Authors, indie authors, Indie-Press, Indie-publishers, kindle, Marketing, money, Publishing, readers, Uncategorized, writers, Writing

• Making a Difference

  Typically on Sunday mornings my husband and I share articles from the New York Times. He’ll often read me pieces while I prepare breakfast or visa versa, and we’ll discuss the ones that pique our interest. The year end edition of the Sunday Magazine runs detailed obituaries on a handful of famous and infamous people […]

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  January 1, 2018

  dads, Dating, Emapthic, Family, family life, indie authors, Indie-publishers, Kids, litchat, Los Angeles, NEW YEARS, parenting, parents, relationships, teachers, Uncategorized

  new york times, new york times magazine, the lives they lead

• Gift Yourself a “GREAT READ!”

  Literary Romantic Suspense REVERB is now on #iTUNES! #Romance, like none you’ve read. “GLUED! HOOKED! CAPTIVATED! RIVETED!” #Gift yourself a “GREAT READ!” this #holiday season: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/reverb/id596674195?mt=11 … #lsm #eartg #rrbc #rpbp

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  December 21, 2017

  Authors, avid readers, Book Review, bsdm, Contemporary Fiction, Dating, depression, ebook, Edgy Chicklit, Emerging Authors, Emotional Intelligence, emotional sponge, Erotica, Family, family life, guitarists, indie authors, Indie-Press, Indie-publishers, kindle, lonely, musicians, New Release, parenting, parents, psychological thriller, rock star romance, rock stars, Romance, Romantic Read, Romantic Suspense, thriller, Women’s Fiction, Women’s Fiction

• Writer’s Block

  …or The War Inside My Head I have time to write the 2nd draft of PT. Or, at least, I can make time. But I’m NOT WRITING it. Why? WHAT IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM? I CAN’T THINK OF STORY. HELL, I CAN’T THINK other than about my fucked up sitch, in the REAL WORLD, outside […]

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  October 31, 2017

  Authors, Emerging Authors, indie authors, writers, Writing

  writer’s block

• Storytelling is Truth—Tweaked

  

  Way before writing novels, I was a storyteller. As a little kid, before I could write, I used to come to breakfast and recount tales of going to Disneyland and other elaborate adventures I had during the night with my stuffed dog, Checkers. The purpose was less to entertain then to garner my mother’s attention, […]

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  September 21, 2017

  Authors, avid readers, Creativity, indie authors, Indie-publishers, kindle, parenting, Publishing, readers, Uncategorized, writers, Writing

  authors, book agents, book reviews, bookbub, content marketing, publishers, storytelling, writers

• Fitting In

  

  Ever been sitting with a group of people, you may, or may not know, and everyone is talking amicably, and you’re sitting there listening, and you feel like an alien? Not a foreign national among a group of natives. More like you’re from another planet. Or they are. I’ve known I was different for most […]

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  July 7, 2017

  Family, family life, Health, indie authors, lonely, lonliness, parenting, parents, relationships, Teen, Uncategorized

  friends, friendship, lovers, social media