Oct 16, 2013 | The Writing Life
Hello, my name is J.H. and I’m a Twitter-aholic. It wasn’t always this way. Until recently, I was on Team Facebook. I didn’t see the point of Twitter. Then a friend told me about TweetDeck and I was forever changed (Thanks, Drew!). HootSuite will...
Oct 11, 2013 | The Writing Life
I suspect my brain has more sharks and ghoststhan butterflies and rainbows, but whatevs.”Where do you get your ideas from?”Inevitably, at every appearance of every Big Name Author, this question will be asked. A muffled groan will go up from the crowd....
Oct 4, 2013 | The Writing Life
Happy Friday, Dear Readers! I’m finally back to writing after not looking at my book for a month and a half. Now I know why I needed the break. My book scares the crap out of me. I’m on the edge of my seat as I write, the nerves in my body so tight you...
Oct 2, 2013 | The Writing Life
When I first learned of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group through my friend Michelle, I laughed. Aren’t all writers insecure? It seems to come with the territory.My own career became a search for validation once I realized being a successful writer...
Sep 27, 2013 | The Writing Life
The famous agent leaned forward, looking excited. “Do you have any of it with you?” I glanced around the conference room. Handing an agent pages of your novel at a writer’s conference is taboo. But here I was, with one of the top agents in the world...
Sep 25, 2013 | The Writing Life
In case you haven’t heard, Twitter is HUGE. It can be a great way to reach a whole new audience for your message/product/service…if you’re doing it right. If you’re not, you could be alienating the very people you hoped to connect with....