Oy, my main website got hacked. Boo hiss. ANYWAY. There seems to be a trend toward community input these days. The general public has become the gatekeepers, and I think that’s okay. Things like indiegogo, Patreon, and Kickstarter allow people to support
The Mess of the Query Letter
The mess of my life too, Squiders. I’ve finally got everything in order to start getting my submission stuff together for my YA paranormal novel. So now I need to construct a query letter and a synopsis. I haven’t had
Some Websites Writers Might Want to Know About
Good morning, Squiders, I hope you’re all doing well. I haven’t been sleeping so well lately, so I’m a bit sleepy. I’ve come across a couple of websites lately that I feel could be of interest to other writers and
Ta Da Tuesday (and SFWA’s New Membership Guidelines)
I got an email this morning from D’vorah Lansky (who is a writing/marketing professional) talking about it being Ta Da Tuesday. The idea is that, instead of a To Do list, you make a Ta Da list and celebrate your
The Novella Hype
Last summer, Tor announced the creation of a new imprint dedicated to novellas. Last week they put out their list of inaugural titles, which seems to have caused a bit of a stir among the authors I talk to or
Pre-marketing
You know, Squiders, no one talks about the work one has to do before one can even start to think about marketing. (Well, someone probably does. But it’s not obvious.) Shards comes out in a little over a month, and
