by Autumn | Aug 21, 2015 | Games of Fire, Tips, Writing
I wonder if you reacted to that bit of advice to write a short bad book the way I did, which was “No way!” It isn’t my advice. It belongs to the awesome and well known author Philip Athans. I rejected the idea almost without reading his blog post (which you can find...
by Autumn | Jul 31, 2015 | News and Events, Writing, Writing Update
I’ve mentioned that for a brief time I signed on with a small publisher. There were pros and cons to the arrangement – obviously too many cons since I am now independent again. But there were pros. And one of them was having help. Help comes in many forms. With...
by Autumn | Jul 17, 2015 | Tips, Writing
As a reader, one of my favorite things is entering a new world that feels like it existed, in all of its glorious complexities, far before I opened the book housing it. I feel like a discoverer of a lost or hidden world. In other words, the setting feels real. Isn’t...
by Autumn | Jul 3, 2015 | Tips, Writing
I did. Or maybe the best way to describe it is that I blogged because I’d been told it was a way to get noticed. I was a writer fighting to be heard amid a plethora of authors and bloggers. But have you noticed that blogging, twitter, FB, et al are called social...
by Autumn | May 8, 2015 | Tips, Writing
I wrote about some of the challenges of writing in two different genres previously. But there are other hurdles beyond the writing phase. Like how do you market yourself as a two genre writer? Branding is important in establishing a niche as a writer. But does the...
by Autumn | Apr 24, 2015 | Writing
Many authors write in multiple genres – often using pen names and different websites (which will be a topic on a future post!). But there is more to switching between books of different genres than keeping the characters and storylines straight. Genres contain...
