There are several self-help books with titles that are variations on the title of this blog post, but it’s an apt phrase for that feeling I get sometimes that tells me I need to do some existential spring cleaning by giving up bad habits, embracing new ways to be productive and creative, and setting healthyContinue reading “Unf*cking My Life”
Category Archives: The Life Authorial
Business Planning for Authors
I love making New Year’s resolutions (though I don’t always keep them). For 2019, I have resolved to be more purposeful in my business decisions. While I’m still pursuing projects I’m passionate about, I also plan to devote more time to developing career goals and specific objectives to accomplish them. In the past, I haveContinue reading “Business Planning for Authors”
How to get your website in front of readers – the “magic” of search engine optimization
Searchengineland.com and Column Five Media have joined forces to come up with this awesome inf0graphic. It is designed to help website owners come up with the right combination of ranking factors to show up at the top of the search engine heap. And along with the infographic, Search Engine Land is providing the *free* “SearchContinue reading “How to get your website in front of readers – the “magic” of search engine optimization”
When Life Gets In The Way – Writer’s Block and Creativity
Ever feel like there just isn’t enough time in the day to accomplish everything you’d planned? Or worse, that there was enough time but you’ve squandered it, frittered away the hours doing God knows what when you could have been – should have been – writing, or reading, or doing anything but watching back-to-back episodes of TheContinue reading “When Life Gets In The Way – Writer’s Block and Creativity”
The Life Authorial: How to be a great critique partner
The Life Authorial is a series of posts sharing firsthand tips learned on the journey toward publication. Throughout the Roaring ’20s, the Algonquin Hotel in New York City was the daily meeting place for “The Algonquin Round Table”, one of the most famous “critique groups” of all time. Composed of writers and critics, its membersContinue reading “The Life Authorial: How to be a great critique partner”
The Life Authorial: Choosing a pen name
The Life Authorial is a series of posts sharing firsthand tips learned on the journey toward publication. So I chose this photo because: 1) pens, duh; and 2) the Hi-Tecpoint writes so smooothhh (picture me saying that in a James Brown sort of voice), I can easily picture myself using it to sign my nameContinue reading “The Life Authorial: Choosing a pen name”
The Life Authorial: Using photos on your blog
The Life Authorial is a series of posts sharing firsthand tips learned on the journey toward publication. So, that girl with the computer? The one stuck in the olden days with the confused look on her face? That’s me, trying to figure out ‘the internet’. Or to put it more specifically, trying to figure out ‘theContinue reading “The Life Authorial: Using photos on your blog”
The Life Authorial: How to take a great author photo
The Life Authorial is a series of posts sharing firsthand tips learned on the journey toward publication. Nervewracking… Anxiety-provoking… Self-esteem depleting… Fun? As they say on Sesame Street, one of these things is not like the other ones. In fact, for many people, having a photo taken is so uncomfortable, it rises almost toContinue reading “The Life Authorial: How to take a great author photo”
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