C.C. Yager's Blog, page 20
April 9, 2016
Do You Know Inspiration?
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest … Continue reading →
April 2, 2016
Accepting Feedback
I used to dread receiving feedback about my writing. Being in a writing workshop stressed me out, and there were times when I dissociated and missed what was said or asked about my writing. Some writers react defensively to feedback. … Continue reading →
March 31, 2016
Ideas are Overrated
Today, I stumbled on this short blog post by YA author A. B. Westrick. She writes about the notion that ideas are what drive stories when, in fact, it is what’s behind them that truly propel a story and connect … Continue reading →
March 26, 2016
President Obama Agrees With Me
In the April 2016 issue of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg writes about the interviews and conversations he’s had over the last ten years with President Obama, and his reportage on Obama, in his article, “The Obama Doctrine.” Goldberg provides glimpses … Continue reading →
March 19, 2016
Promotion and Marketing
Back in the spring of 2014, just after I’d published Perceval’s Secret, I spent over $3000 on marketing with AuthorBuzz but saw no return on that investment in terms of sales. As a result, I’m now carrying that marketing cost … Continue reading →
March 17, 2016
Do You Make Money Writing?
Recently, I read this short article in E. Hope Clark’s newsletter Funds for Writers (from her Funds for Writers website where you can sign up for it) and it really resonated with me. I thought I’d share it here. DO … Continue reading →
March 5, 2016
Have you tried an online writing forum?
When I began working on pre-production to publish Perceval’s Secret, I also thought about what to do with a couple short stories I had finished. At the time, I wasn’t a member of a writing group, i.e. a group of … Continue reading →
February 27, 2016
Finding the Perfect Title
Titles often elude me. For Perceval’s Secret, I had a working title of Shadow Lovers for a long time. Just couldn’t think of anything else. I liked this title because of “shadow” and two of its meanings, i.e. in surveillance … Continue reading →
February 21, 2016
Harper Lee
Language and movies entered my life about the same time when I was a child. I loved books and reading. I loved stories. Movies also were stories, magical and special in a darkened theater, preceded by funny cartoons. My parents … Continue reading →
February 12, 2016
Success, or a Reassessment of What It Means
In May 2014 when I was deep into marketing and promoting Perceval’s Secret, I wrote about success in a blog post entitled “What does ‘commercial success’ mean to you?” It’s been almost 2 years since I self-published that novel. Has … Continue reading →
