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I Know I Should Be Outsourcing. Why Don’t I?

Success! My interviews for the ghostwriting project are finally done, and I’m heaving a huge sigh of relief. I have hours of interviews to transcribe before I can start writing the sample chapters, and I intend to do it all myself because I want to pick up on the nuances of my subject’s speaking style […]

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Thinking About Book Structure (And Why It’s The Best Part Of The Process)

One of my favorite parts of writing a book is giving it shape. Of all the different ways to tell a story, which one am I going to pick? I’ve always enjoyed playing with structure, and one of the early decisions I make with any project is how to build it in a way that […]

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I Wrote 10k Words In A Single Day. Here’s What Happened.

Every November, as part of the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), writers have a Black Friday tradition. Anyone who wants to take part aims to write 10,000 words in a day. I took part for the first time last year, and while I didn’t hit 10k, I wrote over 8,000 words that day, which was […]

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This Is How Unhealed Trauma Screws Up Your Writing

I’m going to stop announcing things. I feel like every time I do, I’m tempting fate. Hey, I’m undertaking this challenge. How many ways do you think you could ruin it, life? So, 10k Friday didn’t go quite as planned.  I’m ghostwriting someone’s memoir. It’s an incredible story that we both believe needs to be […]

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I Hate Editing And It’s Killing My Pride

Ten minutes ago, I finished editing the second book in the Freelance Writer’s Guide series. As tempting as it is to hand this work over to someone else and be done with it, I’ve decided to do it myself for now.  There are a few reasons for this.  One, I’m updating the books for the second editions, […]

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How To Edit A Book, The Unsophisticated Version

I’m excited—the new covers are here! (They’re all the same covers, just with a new author name.)  I showed them to my son who shrugged and said, “cool,” then went back to his video game. I showed them to my husband who shrugged and said, “cool,” then went back to his movie. I showed them […]

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How To Get Paid To Research Your Book

I will just own it: If there’s an opportunity to take work I’ve done and repurpose it in a different format or for a new audience, I do it.  I’ve taken blog posts and newsletter editorials, edited them into a coherent whole, and written books around them. I’ve taken a series of blog posts and […]

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Why I’ve Never Gone All In With Indie Publishing

So, in case you’re looking to do this, I can officially tell you that changing your name is a royal pain in the behind.  I mean, sure, if you’ve been thinking of changing your name for years, finally doing it will make you feel free in ways that you couldn’t have imagined and it will […]

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2020 Was The Year I Opted Out

In my twenties, when all my friends were saving their money to fund retirements and buy homes, that is, investing in their future, I was traveling.  I took on assignments based on how much travel they’d be able to fund. $100 would get me somewhere close to Delhi (where I lived); $200-500 and I could […]

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Everyone Telling You To Slow Down? Read This.

The other day, Sam (a.k.a. the spousal unit) was watching a paramedic reality show and I walked in on a particularly gruesome scene. After I’d averted my eyes and questioned my husband’s taste in television repeatedly, he pondered how it was interesting that the people with the most high-pressure jobs often seemed to be the […]

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