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Life as a PTPW: The Stigma of Self-Publishing
There are stigmas everywhere in our world. Stigma, as defined by Merriam Webster, are “a set of negative and unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something” and also “a mark of shame or discredit”. Read: a way for people to make themselves feel superior about something by bullying you about…
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LIFE AS A PTPW: THE FIRST AUTHOR FESTIVAL
This last weekend was my first festival I attended as an author. It was the Columbia River Author Festival held in Longview, WA at the Longview library, which was really nice because it was about 15 minutes away from my house. The library was very beautiful, the event was well-organized, and I even got to…
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Life as a PTPW: When the World is Chaos
I’m used to my mind being chaos. You know that joke of “my mind is a browser with 100 tabs and one of them is stuck”? That’s really how my brain works. At any one time I have three lists running with things I need to do, a calendar constantly checking what day I’m on…
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Finding Your Voice: Fighting the Fear of Sounding Stupid
Life as a Part-Time Professional Writer One of the things I’ve dealt with in life are people that discount your opinions or your knowledge. We’ve all been there. You’re having a conversation with a person about a particular topic, you offer your knowledge or thoughts, they get an odd look on their face, and come…
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Deadlines and Creating Space
Life as a Part-Time Professional Writer This year I decided I needed to kick my writing into high-gear. I had let it lapse for the last couple of years, although that was pretty necessary. Between getting our old house sold, figuring out how to negotiate a three-state move of all our stuff, and living out…
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Just Jump Back In
It’s embarrassing. You’ve committed to doing something, you make all the plans, you state confidently that this is what you’re going to do – and then life happens. It amazes me how some people are just able to do the things they say: post things on time, come up with amazing videos, churn out content…
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The First SH**** Draft is Done!
It’s been two years (and counting) since I published Planetary Feedlot. Even though I had a pretty good idea where I wanted to go with the sequel at the time, it seems like it’s taken forever to get it on the page. Especially since my debut novel was supposed to be just that, a stand-alone…
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Life as a Part-Time Professional Writer: Debut Novel Realizations
AKA: Trying to Climb the mountain in Flip flops When I published my first book (I say it that way because it will not be the last), my boyfriend got all excited. He loved my book, and he was sure everyone else would too. In his brain, we’d be rich in no time. No, he…
