This might sound strange to the casual writer, but when you wrote your first word of fiction or published your first blog post, you were, in essence, starting a small business. If you’re serious about your writing, that’s how you have to look at it. Yes, it can be a pain, but the business side […]
A quick look at my blogging history and the evolution of my ezine
It’s already been nine months since I launched my online magazine, Theme of Absence. To be honest, I started the site almost on a whim. I had owned the domain name for over a decade, as I first bought it to use for a Pink Floyd fan site. (Note: This was in 1996, so you […]
Five Links Friday 3/6/15
It’s Friday already. I hope your week was a great one! Here are five writing related links to check out over the weekend. 1. What You Write About Doesn’t Matter as Much as You Think by Jeff Goins takes a very interesting side of an argument I didn’t every know existed. What is more important: […]
10 “Platform Building” Things You Can Do When You’ve Caught Writers Block
It happens to the best of us. You brew a pot of coffee, pick out the most appropriate music for the mood, open up your laptop and put your fingers on the keyboard. And then…nothing. You wait a minute or two, maybe fiddle around with the wording of a couple of paragraphs from a work-in-progress, but […]