Personal loans require a higher fixed monthly payment and have to be paid off by the end of the loan term. If you take out a variable rate loan, it typically has a longer repayment period, but it still must be paid off by the end of the term, which means you will have to […]
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I Want to Promote Amazing Authors Who Happen to be Friends
Over the last few years I’ve had the privilege of meeting so many amazing authors, many of whom I’ve also become great friends with. Recently, I’ve been thinking about being a better promotional friend to those published (traditional or indie) author friends because they deserve it, because I want to help them and because we […]
Inspirational Quotes for the Dry Spells
Writing is a long, hard road. Sometimes it feels like you’re making huge strides forward. Sometimes you’re standing so still while everyone else around you rushes past, that it feels like you’re walking backwards. And sometimes it’s incredibly tempting to get out of the race entirely. This is something I’ve been struggling with, and I’m […]
Guilt is a Useless Emotion
Write every day! Keep your butt in the chair! Reach your word count! Write, write, write! We’re writers and writers write, but occasionally something comes up that prevents us from writing. Even if there’s a good reason for it, we still can feel guilty for not following the writer’s creed. Wayne Dyer first introduced me […]
Eleven Pieces of NaNoWriMo Advice
We’re a third through November which means we’re a third through NaNoWriMo, for those of you who are participating. I’m sitting this year out (editing a book instead) but I went through it last year, finishing 50K in 24 days. And since it’s the eleventh day of the eleventh month I thought I would share […]
What Stage Are YOU In?
I know this blog post (told in gifs–oh, you’ve got to go check it out!) is about first novels, but I think a lot of the feelings are the same, no matter how many books you’ve written. Today I am SO: But yesterday I was hiding under the couch. How are your projects going?
CBD Medicine Uses
CBD is helpful in treating medical issues like anxiety, insomnia and pain problems. These effects, combined with studies that show THC to have anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic effects, have led to it’s designation as a medical cannabis ingredient by the DEA.Who is truly behind the legalization of Cannabis? It should come as no surprise that those […]
Three Things Make My Writing Life
There are really not a lot of absolute rules for writing, just a bunch of guidelines and advice from other writers — “this is what works for me.” It’s up to each of us to distill all of this collegial advice and our own experiences into something that “works for me.” So I’ve been blogging […]
You’re a Beautiful Grain of Sand, by J. C. Hutchins
Oh, you silly, naive little thing. You want to be a writer. Didn’t you get the memo? The pay is lousy. If you’re with the Big Six-Now-Five, your publisher will barely promote your stuff (and you’ll never earn out your advance). If you self-publish, your wordbaby will be lost in a sea of other self-pubbed […]
(Not) Writing My Way Through Stressful Times
The last two months have not been easy. Long hours at the day job, unexpected travel, a major death in the family, stressful Christmas, several close friends in distress, and almost six full weeks of both of us being sick on top of that. Muscle aches and joint pain can be caused by tension, as well […]
