Rachelle Gardner posed this question:
“Is there any risk for writers of cannibalizing their own businesses as they seek to keep up with changing market requirements?”
My experience tells me that cannibalizing the business is almost a necessity for the indie publisher. As a largely unknown author with no budget for marketing, I have the daunting [...]

I’ve mention in past articles the dilemma of the modern writer with a full-time job. Simply put, I’m torn between doing what I love to do (write stories) and doing what I’m told is necessary to sell stories (do social media). Not wanting to go the way of the dinosaur, I have tried to set [...]

Yesterday, Rachelle Gardner wrote a blog post titled Should We Label Christian Fiction? in which she addresses a growing controversy over free e-book downloads by readers who aren’t aware that the books they are downloading are “Christian” in nature and are offended by the evangelical tone of the stories. Some readers felt they were being [...]

Here’s another approach to evaluating writing that I picked up from Toastmasters. Pete Sullivan, a friend of mine, lived by this approach whenever evaluating a speech. I’ve adapted it for evaluating writing and I call it my Genie Wish list. It’s quite simple.
Start of by pointing out what you like about the story. If I [...]

OK, so I’m getting a little out of sequence with this post. In two more days, I’ll have another post on feedback. This topic came up this afternoon, and I felt I needed to write about it.