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The Writing Life

Independent Publishing – the Wild Wild West!

Independent authors are the new pioneers. Go West Young Man became the mantra for the Nineteenth Century migration. Adventurous and bold men and women packed all of their belongings into  [More…]

Writing Dreams

From the time I began writing in my early teens I have imagined walking into a bookstore and seeing my book on the shelf. In my fantasy, I pull it  [More…]

Such Excitement Will Never Come Again…

A proof of my novel, is scheduled to arrive in the mail today. In case you missed the point – a copy of my book (smelling of fresh ink and  [More…]

Writers Are Weird

Publication is a result of writing, not the goal

Quiz – Should You Become a Writer?

I turn on my laptop this morning, check Amazon for sales for my novel,  (over 20 now – Woo Hoo!), and somewhere along the way come across a website with  [More…]

Writing in the Dark

For years, I wrote in secret. Scribbled words in notebooks, and then graduating to neatly stacked typed pages – all words that no one ever saw but me. If someone  [More…]

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