I’ve had several people ask me what steps I went through to self-publish (Indie publish) my debut novel The Watched. I published on a shoestring budget ($400-$500 total). If you can hire a more experienced professional, always up your game that way. There are many vanity presses out there who…
Category: Business Of Writing
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What Nearly 80 Rejections Have Taught Me
Since I was 11 or 13 years old and I found novels I could immerse myself in, I have wanted to be a writer. Whether it was a Trixie Belden mystery, Walter Farley or Farley Mowat, John Steinbeck or Ted Dekker, Patricia Briggs or Diana Gabaldon, I love a good…
Keep Fighting For Your Dreams!
Dreams can take a long time to realize. Don’t give up! What can you do right now to find fresh motivation or drive?
Seeking Everyday UnCommon Adventure
Mom – let’s go for a walk. Please – I want to take pictures of the snow. I stare at my computer screen. I have several deadlines looming — but it’s so beautiful outside. I’m not very good at resisting an adventure. We dress warm and head out into the forest…
A Contest Changed My Life
Hard to believe, right? Winning a single contest could change the path of your life so irreversibly, but it did. Like most writers, I grew up wanting to be a writer and for a number of what seemed like very practical reasons didn’t pursue it. Years later, after getting an…
Ready, Set – FAIL
What if God’s plan for your new ministry, new job, new relationship is for it to fail? What do we do with that? Sorry I haven’t blogged for a while. I’m reading through the book of Isaiah with my mentor. We’ve never been to seminary. We’re not biblical scholars, but…