Ask Yourself These Five Questions As a writer, I have had my share of rejections. It goes with the territory. Hopefully, it doesn’t defeat you and you continue to get out there with your work and keep submitting potential freelance clients, publishing houses, agents, and contests. Of course, we all…

I found the perfect antidote to writer burnout We’ve all learned how certain practices support others. Such a taking a walk can help us work out a problem or vacuuming the carpet encourages the resolution for a dilemma. For me it is hard labor of picking fruit and canning that…

Tips On How to Grow Your Business Faster and Maintain Momentum For new companies that want to ramp up quickly, the “go to” approach for fast growth is “growth hacking.” Growth hacking is a method for start-ups to reach larger audiences in a short amount of time. …

Writing is about inhabiting an entire world and everything we experience When we walk through life in the real world, there are things around us we don’t necessarily notice. We just absorb the sight and smells that make up our reality. However, in order to bring your book and the…

How to keep readers on the edge of their seats — I’m president of the San Francisco Peninsula branch of the California Writers Club. We have monthly events and discussions, and the topic was how to write about conflict and tension to keep the pages turning. I was taking a lot of notes, let me tell ya and I learned a…

How To Keep Your Readers Engaged And At The Edge of Their Seats — I’m president of the San Francisco Peninsula branch of the California Writers Club. We have monthly events and discussions and the topic this month was how to write about conflict and tension to keep the pages turning. I was taking a lot of notes, let me tell ya and I…

Get used to it being around and even find it helpful — There was an entire session at the San Francisco Writers Conference on AI and Chatbots for writing. One of the panelists told of how it helped her do research on an article she was writing about motorcycles. …

If you want to get your work in tip-top shape, follow this advice — Self-editing is difficult. There, I’ve said it. You keep hearing people say to pretend you are not the writer and edit like a stranger. Well, I think that’s downright impossible. However, self-editing should be the next step before rewriting and then handing it off to a professional editor. That, said…

Essentials you must use — Before starting this process, take a break from your book for at least a few days. Some people take much longer breaks, but do what feels best for you. Then read through your book and make notes at every place you have questions about or something that isn’t clear. Now…