When Mental Health Triggers Collide With Your Writing
As writers we can choose what we write and when we write. So it seems a bit odd that we would write something that triggers our mental health if we didn’t want to. And yet, that’s exactly what happens when life, publishing circumstances, or even the prose...
Why Author Yogi Is Different. It’s About YOU.
I’m not your usual author coach. My focus isn’t on helping you make more sales, marketing your books more effective, or treating you, or your books, like a box of cereal you’d buy at the store. And I admit that may seem a little harsh. I get it. But...
Systems Only Work For The Person Teaching Them
I’m sure you’ve seen the ads. Between social media and some newsletters I subscribe to probably a dozen of them hit my inbox this week. Learn Indie Author Secrets The Secrets To Being A 6-Figure Author Your First $1000 Courses like that are literally a...
Disarming the “Not Enough” Trap
There’s a common thread that runs through the disappointment that comes with low sales or publisher and agent rejections. When you submit a proposal for a conference and it doesn’t get accepted or when you submit a resume for a job and you don’t get...
Reclaim Your Energy from “Guru” Drain
Imagine this… You’re sitting at your desk and an ad crosses your social media feed or maybe you see someone post about a class that really helped them. You go to look at the website and it’s a slick marketing page. And the class costs $497 but...
Authors, Let’s Talk About Substack
Watching people celebrate a platform, and even remain on it, after it’s been public for a while now that the platform sees nothing wrong in making money from hate speech (to put it mildly, more like fascism and naziism), is a lot like watching authors submit and...
Choosing A Publisher and Why I Am A Hybrid Author #WriteTalkWednesday
It’s been a long time, probably close to a decade, since I worked with a publisher; however, recently I made the decision to return to working with Changeling Press, a publisher I’d worked with before and enjoyed publishing with. This episode has me...
Interview with PL Sanderson #WriteTalkWednesday
https://youtu.be/DK0AKzp8Tw8 About our Guest: Phillip has enjoyed a 30+ year career as a high school mathematics teacher but is now excited to explore another of his lifelong passions, writing. He has been a closet writer for many years, sharing only with family and...