• Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher: …I’m delighted to run a five-days consecutive series of posts from my terrific pal, Author, Susan Toy, for every author to enjoy and prob’ly learn lots from… here’s PART FOUR : 10 Ways to Kill Your Writing This 5-part article is from a talk I gave at the Calgary Public…

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  • Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher: …I’m delighted to run a five-days consecutive series of posts from my terrific pal, Author, Susan Toy, for every author to enjoy and prob’ly learn lots from… here’s PART THREE : 10 Ways to Kill Your Writing This 5-part article is from a talk I gave at the Calgary Public…

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  •   This was delayed in posting due to a poor internet connection at my house. Celine is celebrating her two year anniversary and I am inviting all of you to celebrate. For this weekend only, both Book One and Book Two (Celine and Jeremy) are free on Amazon. Click here for Celine Click here for…

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  • Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher: …I’m delighted to run a five-days consecutive series of posts from my terrific pal, Author, Susan Toy, for every author to enjoy and prob’ly learn lots from… here’s PART TWO : 10 Ways to Kill Your Writing This 5-part article is from a talk I gave at the Calgary Public…

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  • Originally posted on The Active Voice: Okay, I’ve got a story. It’s a sort of scary one. I think independent/self-publishing authors need to know about it, and telling it carefully and correctly is also important for my own situation, so I’m going to take my time and lay it all out in order. Pressed for…

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  • Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher: …I’m delighted to run a five-days consecutive series of posts from my terrific pal, Author, Susan Toy, for every author to enjoy and prob’ly learn lots from… here’s PART ONE : 10 Ways to Kill Your Writing This 5-part article is from a talk I gave at the Calgary Public…

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  • You know, you hear about authors having their books stolen all the time, and you pray it never happens to you. Yesterday, the latest website to illegally distribute books from hard working authors was exposed. The community rose up and has done a lot to have those books removed. Of course, the sad fact remains that…

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  • More and more authors are flying off the handle and complaining about reviewers, bullies, trolls and more. They are making grand blog posts, or emotional videos about how mean people can be. They remind us that it isn’t fair to get a bad review, or that people can be so nonconstructive in their review, and…

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  • A big announcement or two

    On March 8th, 2013, I hit publish on The Night Touched Chronicles Book One: Celine. For those of you that have been a part of the Night Touched universe since the beginning, and for those of you that have just joined, you know that next weekend marks a big milestone for the series. We will be…

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  • How much is too much?

    Thanks to sites like Smashwords, Createspace, KDP, etc., there are a LOT of self-published authors out there. Everyone single one has a story to tell, which is awesome! However, it seems like more and more people are getting in to self-publishing for the wrong reasons. Please note that I am not suggesting that any one…

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