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December 23, 2020
Search & Human Remains Dogs: Writing Them Right (Learn With Me, To Write And Have Written)
For this month’s Learn With Me, we ask Connie Swaim to talk to us about search and rescue teams, using live search dogs and human remains or cadaver dogs to locate missing persons. Note, there was a problem with our audio transcription, and it looks like the solution is for… Continue reading
December 14, 2020
Giftmas 2020!
Every year, I join Rhonda Parrish’s Giftmas blog tour, a circle of authors sharing Christmas and other seasonal cheer to raise money for the Edmonton Food Bank. This year our theme is Connections — which, I’m not gonna lie, struck me as a tough theme in 2020. Gonna be real… Continue reading
December 10, 2020
Just Dance! Keeping Business Out of Creativity (To Write And Have Written)
Weve talked so much about the business side of things now lets review how we keep creating and business separate. Its critical, even when looking at writing as a career, that we separate these mindsets and be able to switch modes. Lets talk about why and how. Video (from Continue reading
December 2, 2020
Accounting for Writers (To Write & Have Written)
Okay, now that we’ve been talking about how to use spreadsheets, let’s talk about accounting! No, wait, come back, it’s not scary, I promise! We have Christ Morris, a CPA, a writer, and a CPA who helps writers, to walk us through beginning and not-so-beginning accounting for authors. Video (from… Continue reading
November 27, 2020
“Wight Christmas” Now In Audio
Hello! With American Thanksgiving yesterday, we are now Officially in the Holiday Season. With the completion of Thanksgiving dinner, it is now permissible to play Christmas music (a guideline I just made up yesterday afternoon) and I have also decorated the website here (Christmas lights are my favorite). And my… Continue reading
November 19, 2020
Spreadsheets for Authors! (To Write & Have Written)
We’re writers. Spreadsheets are from the other side of the office suite, and they’re scary. That’s why I brought in a freakin’ spreadsheet wizard to help you tame and embrace them, to simplify and organize your writing career. All sales from all countries on one page, rendered to your home… Continue reading
November 13, 2020
Rewards & Reinforcement (To Write & Have Written)
There’s a lot of advice out there on using rewards to motivate your writing (especially during stretch events like NaNoWriMo). While keeping your motivation strong is a good idea, a lot of this advice is not terribly scientific, and it can be modified to be more effective. Let’s talk about… Continue reading
November 12, 2020
The Holiday/Pandemic/Help-Me-Clean-My-House Sale!
Look, there are so many books in my office, and you need holiday gifts. Let’s make a deal. Because I had almost no live events in 2020, my stock for event sales has been largely untouched. In March, for example, I arrived with a new title just hours before the… Continue reading
November 11, 2020
Grace Julian Clarke & 2020
On Saturday, I went to the unveiling of a new historical marker. (I know, I know, but not everyone can have my thrilling rock star life.) This nerd event was special, though. Grace Julian Clarke was an author, a journalist, a clubwoman, an activist, and a force of nature. She… Continue reading
October 28, 2020
Marathon livestream for charity! Please join me.
November 3 is a particularly significant day in the United States, laying out a path for the future. But in fact, we can re-write the future every day, with thousands of choices. And you can make me give you an early glimpse of Kin & Kind. If you’ve been online… Continue reading
