by Kit Caelsto | Nov 28, 2022 | Author Wellness, Writing Life
This Black Friday weekend my inbox was full of specials and sales. Take courses cheap. Learn how to be a best selling author. Get more marketing. Blah blah blah. The message was clear. Writers weren’t hustling enough, they weren’t marketing enough, and...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 14, 2022 | reader attraction, Writing Life
When it comes to sending your newsletter, approximately 40% of it deals with finding content, organizing it in your newsletter program, and doing the technical, manual tasks required like tracking down author book swaps, book bundles to share, and so on. The rest of...
by Kit Caelsto | Dec 13, 2021 | Writing Life
In the business world they’re calling it “The Great Resignation” when employees are deciding to create a better work-life balance for themselves and moving into new positions or leaving them all together. There’s a lot involved in this, more...
by Kit Caelsto | Dec 10, 2021 | Writing Life
When it comes to writing fiction, a trope is a storyline or theme that the reader comes to expect. For romances this might be a “secret baby” book, or friends to lovers, or enemies to lovers. Readers have their favorite tropes and especially in the world...
by Kit Caelsto | Dec 6, 2021 | Writing Life
As a general rule, most authors I know don’t want to take a break. Writing is in our blood. It’s in our soul. We get irritable and anxious when we’re not writing. And while some of this has to do with the demands of the current marketplace, the...
by Kit Caelsto | Nov 30, 2021 | Writing Life
We’ve reached the end of November and National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is coming to an end. Whether you’ve completed your 50,000-word goal, or just put some words down on your manuscript, you may be wondering what’s next. For those who plan...
