Tweaky Publishing Stuff…and a New Store

by | Feb 21, 2014 | Stuff!, Writing

Today I am over at Women of Mystery with a long post on numbers, self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, and some of the inherent difficulties with using sales data to make career decisions. It was also pointed out to me after I Photoshopped myself a pair of...

On Darkness, or Thoughts at 2am

by | Jan 3, 2014 | Writing

Last night I couldn’t sleep and as I stared around at the darkness of my room, I had a thought. So I picked up my iPad and typed up something. Will it ever go anywhere? I have no idea. It’s utterly and completely different from anything else I’ve...

Resolution? What Resolution?

by | Dec 31, 2013 | Books, Crafts, Writing

A long time ago I gave up making New Year’s resolutions and switched over to giving myself goals. That may sound like mere semantics, but the two things seem fundamentally different to me. A resolution is a destination; a goal is a journey. If I make progress on...

Win a Copy of Twisted

by | Dec 11, 2013 | Books, Freebies & Giveaways, Writing

Is your family driving you crazy? Do you need to get away? Take a trip to Dobbs Hollow, Texas, where bodies and villains are piling up… Lucy Sadler Caldwell is a successful true-crime writer. But the one story she’s never been able to come to terms with is the...