When to Muse and When not to (#amwriting)

Creative Downtime I’m between creative projects at the moment. My last book came out in August and since the mad-dash, final editing/pubbing frenzy has ended, I’ve mostly been recuperating.  I’ll be honest, I think I pushed myself a little too hard with the last deadline. Sometimes I have a problem making goals that are too[…]

Is Marketing Important for an Author? By @MimiBarbour

Today special guest Mimi Barbour talks a little about why marketing yourself as an author is so important. ~ Thank you Becca for letting me be a guest on your site today. It’s always a pleasure to meet new friends. As an overworked author, I began to question whether or not all this extra work[…]

Getting Over the One-Star Review

Bad reviews are something many authors fear, and for the ones who don’t dread them, often they arrive as a biting surprise. What is the best way to handle negative reviews? The Validity of the Bad Review I recently received my first one-star review. It came as a bit of a shock, considering that this[…]

Life, Publishing, and a WIP Update

In case you haven’t gathered, I’ve been on hiatus in regard to writing (and editing), which is why the blog has been notably silent as of late. The last couple of weeks I was away on vacation. I took a much-needed respite from work in the rolling hills of Tennessee. We saw beautiful places and[…]

Chelsea Cameron: Guest Post & Giveaway

Today I have the pleasure of featuring YA author Chelsea Cameron. The story of her writing journey is fascinating and inspiring. Not only that, but she’s giving away a copy of her book and some swag. Read on to hear more about her writing journey and enter the giveaway! ~ While I’ve only been independently publishing my[…]

Book Giveaway: Nimpentoad

Today I’m featuring author Henry Herz and his childrens book Nimpentoad. The story of how he wrote the book with help from his two sons is heartwarming and inspiring. To top it all off, he’s giving away a copy, so make sure to enter below after you read the post. ~ I wanted to share[…]

Why and How You Should Support Other Writers

The digital era is changing the face of publishing. You hear that all the time, right? Traditional publishing houses are dying out. A new marketplace surging with indie authors and e-books is the turbulent ocean trying to sink that very old ship. And right now we’re in the murkiest, most volatile of waters. It’s a[…]

Skydiving Your Way through Publishing

You know what’s frightening in a spine-tingling sort of way? Skydiving. Exit: 10,000 Feet Getting suited up, hoping that parachute was packed just right (whether you or someone else packed it), and then that final moment when you’re looking out the side of the airplane, staring at the ground ten thousand feet below. No matter[…]