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Published in Curious

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This One Question Will Get You Through Some of Your Toughest Fails in Life

When things seem at their worst, ask yourself one thing No one gets through life without at least a few screw-ups. Some of them will be minor, some of them will be bona fide doozies. I’m certainly no exception. My lists of flubs, oopsies, brain farts, minor catastrophes, sad losses…

Mental Health

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This One Question Will Get You Through Some of Your Toughest Fails in Life

Mental Health

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Published in The Business of Writing

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20 Ways for Authors to Handle Bad Reviews

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…

Writing Tips

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20 Ways for Authors to Handle Bad Reviews

Writing Tips

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Published in The Business of Writing

·Apr 16, 2021

How Authors Get Paid in Kindle Unlimited

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), …

Self Publishing

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How Authors Get Paid in Kindle Unlimited

Self Publishing

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Published in The Third Rail

·Apr 6, 2021

The Nude Beach and the Single Female

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…

Nudity

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Nudity

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Published in The Business of Writing

·Nov 29, 2020

How I Write a Book a Month

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…

Writing

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Writing

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Published in The Business of Writing

·Jul 20, 2020

For Heaven’s Sake, Stop Showing and Just Tell

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…

Writing Tips

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For Heaven’s Sake, Stop Showing and Just Tell

Writing Tips

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Published in The Business of Writing

·Apr 11, 2020

How My Self-Published Book Made Over $4000 In Its First Month

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…

Writing

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How My Self-Published Book Made Over $4000 In Its First Month

Writing

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