You need all of these in your tool kit as an author. I love writing. One of my favorite parts of being a storyteller is getting the words from my head to the screen and page. I love being able to look at what I’ve done and then share it with the world. Part of the sharing process, however, requires more writing. This is challenging because now it’s not just storytelling. This is how you
I’m not the only indie author by far. Being an independent artist comes with lots of challenges. The easy part is doing the art. The rest is where it gets funky. As an indie author, I’m not simply a writer, but a business. Ergo, as an authorpreneur, I also handle finding cover artists, editors, beta readers, marketing resources, publicity resources, and the like. If I want to be seen and further expose my work so
Marketing and publicity present their own challenges to the indie author. All my life, I’ve been a storyteller. Sometimes this has been all about the amazing life I’ve been fortunate to have and some of its more interesting adventures. Other times, it’s been all about my ongoing pursuit of self-awareness, mindfulness, positivity, and choosing to live this life on my terms. Then there is fiction. Sci-fi and fantasy in books, movies, and TV have all
Why didn’t this occur to me sooner? Did you play pretend as a child? I did. More often than not, I played alone in my yard than with other children. I have very few memories of my childhood, mostly vague recollections of friends, acquaintances, and companions. Yet I remember more of the play I undertook as a child. The big picture window in the living room of the home I lived in until I was
Discipline is active conscious awareness in practice. The word “discipline” gets tossed around a lot. Often, it’s attached to a concept of doing something with full attention, within rigid parameters, and with no room for mistakes. Visions of Marine Corps drill sergeants making soldiers march in strict order often come to mind for me. Many things people do partway – but not fully – get attributed to insufficient discipline. Diets fail because you break them
This is an age-old conundrum. There is a long-standing, age-old belief in the world that being a professional artist of any sort doesn’t pay. Right alongside this idea is the notion of the “starving artist”. Many people will tell you how impossible it is to make money writing, painting, cooking, acting, singing, and so on. Pick an art and you’ll pick a way to earn little to nothing, they’ll insinuate or state outright. Lots of
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