Yes, they suck, but here’s how to deal — “This book was poop!” ~Goodreads Reviewer Yes, that is an actual review of a book. As an author myself, I can only imagine how the author of that book must have winced at reading such disgustingly harsh words. And that isn’t even the worst review I’ve seen. As the saying…

First Step: Deactivate Twitter — Allow me to apologize ahead of time to those of you who have followed me based on my story about Nude Beaches. Most of what I write here from now on will be my journey to making a shitload of money from writing and self-publishing books. …

And is it worth it to include your book in KDP Select? Amazon currently offers a service called Kindle Unlimited where, for a monthly fee (currently $9.99/month), readers can indefinitely borrow up to ten books so long as authors/publishers have chosen to include those books in Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)…

What it’s like to bare it all outdoors as a woman “Hippie Hollow.” “What’s that?” I asked, staring over my margarita at my date for the evening. “It’s a clothing-optional part of Lake Travis in Austin. I think you’d love it.” He had officially lost me at “clothing-optional,” but that…

It’s a lot easier than you think, even with a full-time job I make a living writing novels of anywhere from 65,000–95,000 words. It’s a fairly lucrative career, which in and of itself is decent enough motivation. However, as any writer knows, it takes a lot more than motivation to…

It’s perfectly okay to use adverbs Jake was seriously pissed off. A perfectly fine line, complete with an adverb — the horror! Many an expert on writing, including the go-to guru for all advice seekers, Stephen King, will tell you that this is a sin in the art of writing…

And how yours can too…maybe — Let me get the bad news out of the way first. Yes, it was a romance novel. Before you click the back button out of immediate disinterest (disgust?), let me make it clear that I didn’t choose to write romance because I’m a huge fan of the genre. Romance is…