"You woke me up for this?" Inspiration often hits when you are not looking for it. I spent some time at my parent's place, in the middle of nowhere some might say, but I think it is in the middle of somewhere wonderful, on a lake, surrounded by trees, with no neighbors. There was still … Continue reading Tuesday Tidbits: NaPoWriMo catch-up
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Tuesday Tidbits: NaPoWriMo (Day whatever) / Free book update
"I have a poem for you. It's in my litterbox." Oh, grumpy cat . . . I decided not to pressure myself to write 30 poems this month. It's pretty nice, but here is one I wrote on day three: Free book promo: I recently ran a free book promotion for my new poetry collection, … Continue reading Tuesday Tidbits: NaPoWriMo (Day whatever) / Free book update
Tuesday Tidbits: I Refuse
"Buy me a FitBit." I'm not adverse to technology, but . . . I don't have any of the social media apps on my phone. I can do anything I need to do when I get home. I see people staring at their phones, not talking, and it makes me kinda sad. I miss the … Continue reading Tuesday Tidbits: I Refuse
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Tuesday Tidbits: Those Pesky Commas
"You woke me up for this?" I am currently using Grammarly as my writing editor, not to replace my IRL editor, Doreen, but to make her life easier so she doesn't have to read grammatically incorrect sentences. Have you ever read the style guides (The Chicago Manual of Style for example)? Wow, what a dry … Continue reading Tuesday Tidbits: Those Pesky Commas
Thursday Tirade: Amazon (yes, them again)
"Hey! It's my day off." Cut and Run After two years of fighting with Amazon (don’t we all?), I finally decided to unpublish my poetry reader magnet from their platform. “Oh, no!” the Amazon executives exclaim. “An unknown indie author—and a poet no less—is taking their free book off of KDP. We are ruined!” [uproarious … Continue reading Thursday Tirade: Amazon (yes, them again)
Tuesday Tidbits: Under the Covers
So I admit that by doing this I am revealing that my novella will be a trilogy. If you read The View from Here, you will be aware that as fun and exciting the ending was, it could stand alone or continue. So much has been written about the importance of covers, and how you … Continue reading Tuesday Tidbits: Under the Covers
Tuesday Tidbits: What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? Newsletters that is.
If you are an author, then you probably have a mailing list. If you have a mailing list, then you probably send out newsletters. If you send newsletters, then you probably struggle at times about how often to want to bother your readership. If you probably struggle at times about how often to want to … Continue reading Tuesday Tidbits: What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? Newsletters that is.
Tuesday Tidbits: Bad Opening Lines
Remember these? Yesterday's Open Book Blog Hop reminded me of a post that I wrote. After scouring my blog, without success, I came to the conclusion that I hadn't posted it. So, here it is: Bad Opening Lines I’ve always heard that the worst opening line for a book was: “It was a dark and … Continue reading Tuesday Tidbits: Bad Opening Lines
Tuesday Tirade: Word Documents
"I knew you'd find something." Adding page numbers to a Word document. Does that send shivers up your spine? Induce a feeling of nausea? Make you utter words that you never want to say in front of your mother? Bring on a headache? Cause you to run away screaming or just sit and pull on … Continue reading Tuesday Tirade: Word Documents
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