Tag: indie author
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Guest Post: Taking on an epic writing challenge…on a deadline
At the end of January, I decided to try and write an entire romance novel in a week.
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Guest Post: Making our own success
I don’t know if the choices I make will push my work outward even more than before, although that’s certainly the goal. Indie publishing is one of the most freeing, empowering fields to be in today because there’s no roadmap. It’s also one of the most frustrating, frightening fields to be in today because there’s…
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Guest Post: Healing through the written word
Writing became integral to my life when I was going through depression and struggling with the aftermath of being sexually assaulted. It gave me something I yearned for — a voice.
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Guest Post: The power of a review
When I wrote my memoir, I wasn’t sure how many people would purchase it, let alone read and review it. My publisher cautioned me that memoirs generally were more difficult to sell, and I would need ample participation from all my social media networks if I were going to succeed.
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Guest Post: The indie writing life
Nevertheless, like you, I can’t help but write. It is who I am. It is the way I find and create meaning. For me, the reward for writing is doing more writing. Of course, an honor here and honor there, a five-star reader review, a request to do a reading, or to teach, all these…
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Guest Post: When you need to write
by Ayub Munanga To be honest, like most unpublished authors, I am afraid of the unknown, afraid that I may notmeasure up, and afraid of God knows what else. It was this fear among other factors that impeded my development into a full-fledged and published author. But after reading many books, blog posts, and writing…
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