How to Publish with KDP: Part Seventeen

Hello SErs. Harmony here.  As promised, here is  part seventeen in the post series dedicated to taking a step-by-step look at how to get your finished manuscript from your computer and on sale on Amazon in both ebook and paperback. If you'd like to take a look back at the previous posts in this series, …

Clearing Time for NaNoWriMo

Hi, SEers! Mae here. Thanks for joining me for another look at preparing for NaNoWriMo in November. If you’re planning to undertake the challenge of writing a 50K novel in thirty days (or adding 50K to an existing WIP), you’re already knee-deep in prep. When it comes to NaNo, we spend a lot of time …

Author Website Essentials

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. Several months ago, I wrote a post about making your blog user friendly. If you missed that post, you can click here to read it. Today, I want to talk about essentials for your author website. Yes, as a professional author you need a website. Now, before you …

Five Tips to Feel Better About Writing Angst

Pixabay Image Hi, SEers.  John, with you today. I was reading a few Facebook and Twitter feeds the other day and was quite surprised to find several writers talking about how discouraged they are with their writing. It almost seemed that I was wading through a locust storm of dissatisfied folks. Maybe it was just …

The Nutshell Crisis and Triumph

Ciao, SEers. I’ve been walking you through Jill Chamberlain’s Nutshell method. If you’ve missed earlier posts, you can find them here: introduction protagonist (strengths and flaws) the catch and point of no return set-up wants Last time, we saw how the set-up want related to the crisis or triumph (depending on whether you were writing …