In my last post, Reflecting on My 2022 Year as a Writer, I outlined how I was doing a deep-dive into the successes and challenges which the previous year brought me. The reason I did this was not only to gain perspective on how my year went, but also to determine where I needed new... Continue Reading →
Reflecting on My 2022 Year as a Writer
The new year is officially here. For all my writing friends out there, I’m sure that by now you’ve all defined your goals and outlined your strategies for achieving them. The days and weeks leading up to the big Oh-One-Oh-One-Twenty-Three has been spent reflecting on the previous year in one form or another. I, too,... Continue Reading →
3 Reasons Why I Am Not Doing #NaNoWriMo (but why you maybe should)
NaNoWriMo is officially here. For those of you who consider yourselves a part of the writing community, you are no doubt intimately familiar with this literary calendar landmark. For those of you who have yet to hear of this wonderful event, NA-tional NO-vel WRI-ting MO-nth happens each November. It is an official event organized by... Continue Reading →
Autumn Activities That Keep Me Inspired to Write
Autumn is my absolute favourite time of year. It is the season for which I wait most eagerly, the change in weather and general atmosphere for which I long from the bottom of my soul. The treetops, so vibrant in the sunlight that they are nearly luminescent, never fail to render me awestruck, and dreams... Continue Reading →
Why I Consider My Night Routine an Investment in My Writing Career
If you’re at all interested in productivity hacks and improvement, then you know that building solid routines which you actually follow is as fundamental as it gets. I certainly do. I am highly interested in ways to sustainably improve my productivity, so naturally I’ve not only heard about the importance of routines, I know firsthand... Continue Reading →
Managing Your Time – Why You Should Prioritize Your Books Over Social Media
If you are an author on social media today, you may have been led here by the notion that posting on social media is how you’re going to sell your books. If this is the case, then it likely follows that, at some point, you’ve realized social media is not exactly the siren call for... Continue Reading →
Three Strategies I Use to Manage and Improve My Mental Energy
Writing is a mentally taxing pursuit… as any writer will attest to. It takes a lot of brain energy to invest yourself into the lives of your characters, their joys and their heartaches—not to mention conceptualizing and being the sole architect of their lives and their world in the first place. It is bloody exhausting. ... Continue Reading →
Should You Blog as an Author?
There is no question that it is an exciting time to be a writer. I mean, think about it: with influential social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Tik Tok, SnapChat and many more, writers are faced with a better opportunity than ever before to generate engagement and visibility. Put another way, no matter... Continue Reading →
Authors: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Your Social Media Marketing
Authorpreneur. If you are an author in this digital age, then you have a comprehensive understanding of what this term means. Authorship today is truly an exercise in entrepreneurship. For most of us, even traditionally published authors, we have to do a lot of our own marketing. We run our own blogs, manage our own... Continue Reading →
Writers: How to Use Psychology to Make Your Characters Memorable
How many times have you read a book and fallen head over heels in love with a character because something about them just resonated with you? On the flip side, how many times have you read a book and found you wanted to smack the main character upside the head because they were so irredeemably... Continue Reading →