We interrupt our regularly scheduled Ebook presentation to remind you that Nanowrimo starts in four days. What, you ask, is Nanowrimo?  It is National Novel Writing Month and it is a kick ass way to get that novel you’ve always wanted to write jump-started.  The idea is that you complete a whole "novel" in a […]

Okay, class.  We’ve looked at the dream of freelancing and the reality.  We’ve decided traditional freelancing is not for us, because it is a pain in the rear, what with all that printing and SASEing, and standing in line at the post office, and all that fun stuff.  So is there an alternative?  Of course […]

So, I had hoped to post another in my series on Making Money Online tonight, but that isn’t going to happen.  Why?  Because I am tired.  Lame as that sounds, it is true.  I’m too tired to think tonight. The truth of the matter is that I am currently writing three, count ’em, three books.  […]

We’re talking about freelance writing in this Ebook I am writing, and specifically internet freelance writing.   In chapter one  (it feels a bit presumptuous to title a post a chapter, but forgive me, I’m a fiction writer at heart) we discussed the dream of freelance writing. So now it is time to take a cold, […]

So, I really am working on the next installment of the Make Money Writing Online book, I promise.  I was actually going to post it tonight.  But then something better came up. Jenn, over at Before I Am Famous, (and she will be) has this great thing she does.  You provide her with a name […]

What do you do if you are in the middle of writing your novel or short story and your brain needs some prodding?  How do you go about trying to expand a scene?  Say, for instance your writing teacher or your critique group has said, "more" or "go deeper" or "explain?" on your manuscript but […]

I had a brilliant post on the subject of self publishing half finished when my computer burped (its been doing that a lot lately, as it is Mercury Retrograde–back up your computers!) and I lost it.  The two posts I did this week on writing and self publishing garnered lots of comments, and not the […]

So, you’re ready to learn how to make money writing online.  Me, too.  No, just kidding I really am going to share everything I know about this with you in this series of posts that is going to become an ebook.  (You can read the introduction here.) I want to start by talking about the […]

Well, you know what they say, great minds think alike.  Today my writing colleague Anne Waymans sent out her newsletter, and guess what the topic was?  Yup, self-publishing in general and I-Universe in particular. Read it here.

So, Roy and Cathy and I have been emailing about self-publishing.  Well, really Roy and I have, since we seem to be the most loud-mouthed and vociferous in our opinions.  (Shocking, I know.) The impetus (or inciting incident, if you want to use fiction terminology) for this discussion was Roy and Cathy’s visit to the […]