Category: Behind The Scenes

The biggest mistake I’ve made in 4 years of writing fiction

I became a fiction author by accident. After years of college creative writing courses and workshops*, I never really felt like I would write fiction for a living. *Author’s Note: A college “workshop” is where 15 students who know no more than you rip apart whatever you’re writing because they need to say something in […]

The hardest thing about self-publishing

No, it’s not the writing itself. It’s not the planning. It’s not trying to run ads. It’s mindset. I work for myself. Every day, I have a list of things that need to get done for clients, my family, and myself. Guess who gets the short end of that stick? I try to take care […]

The “I don’t have time” Lie

I want to do Morning Pages. I’ve read about them endlessly. Given my view of personal writing as a very effective form of therapy, Morning Pages should be right up my alley. One of the reasons I moved to a Pixelbook was so that I could write them by hand on my tablet without having […]

Building a publishing career on $50?

When I opened up my Facebook Ads account to check on how well my single ad to my free book was performing, given the steady stream of sales that were coming in, I almost fell out of my chair. I thought I would be looking at a bill of a few hundred bucks that I […]

I stayed up until 3:45am, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

I sipped on my lukewarm hazelnut coffee, blinking my bleary eyes while the light from my monitor seared my corneas. Glanced at the clock – it was after 11pm. Still two more chapters to go. About 4,500 words. I won’t be sleeping well tonight. I pushed myself away from the kitchen table, stood up, and […]

Review: Why The Pixel 3a is the Best Fit for Me (and Probably You, Too)

I have needed a new phone for a while. That’s not because I was bored with my phone. I have been rocking a first-generation Google Pixel phone for two-and-a-half years and loved every bit of it. I just had some issues with it that rendered it nearly unusable (and mainly my fault – see below). […]

I haven’t released a book in 9 months – and that’s a good thing.

It’s May, and that means the year 2019 is approaching its halfway point. This was going to be the year where I start “rapid releasing” – which is releasing new books on a regular, fast schedule. Lots of content going out, building my audience, rewarding my readers, yadayadayada. I haven’t released a new book yet. […]