The Word: Top Self-Care Tips For Working Writers

Being a working writer can be hard, exhausting, and feel fruitless, but there are ways to help yourself. This is a lesson I had to learn along the way. Burning out is serious, I suffered it, and I've been on a mission to help others stop before they burn out themselves. I have written about … Continue reading The Word: Top Self-Care Tips For Working Writers

[Brief Words] 2019 guest post of Cindy Johnson

Throughout my life various people told me I should be a writer, but I was also drawn to art and that was the direction my life took for many years. I married a music teacher and decided to become a teacher myself, and the logical choice was art. I taught that for several years. I … Continue reading [Brief Words] 2019 guest post of Cindy Johnson

[Brief Words] 2019 Throwback guest blog by KJ Taylor

My name is Katie, and I’ve been an author my entire adult life. I published my first novel in 2006 with a large mainstream publisher. In 2009 my second came out with another. Five more followed, and everything seemed set. But by 2015, everything had changed. eBooks had been a thing for some time, and … Continue reading [Brief Words] 2019 Throwback guest blog by KJ Taylor

The Word: What A Book Publicist & Experts Taught Me/How I Was Killing My Own Books

Originally, this blog post began as an essay of what I've seen others doing wrong with a different title to help others avoid the mistakes, but when I stopped working on it I realized I had made many of these mistakes myself, even recently! I wanted to step back and start over when I became … Continue reading The Word: What A Book Publicist & Experts Taught Me/How I Was Killing My Own Books

The Word: Mike Feria Gives A Slice Of Himself To Us!

Where did all of this begin for me, you might ask? Well─ in an unlikely way. When I was a child, my imagination was a wild one, and much to my satisfaction, I’ve managed to keep most of it. Living back in South Florida, we lived in a neighborhood filled with other kids, and we … Continue reading The Word: Mike Feria Gives A Slice Of Himself To Us!

I’m Answering Common and Uncommon Interview Questions Part One

What other genres do you enjoy reading? Documentaries and biographies Have you ever destroyed any of your drafts? Yes. Fiction or non-fiction? Which is easier? Fiction. How many children do you have? Do you see any young writers in any of them? I have one and yes. He's shown interest. From what he has shared … Continue reading I’m Answering Common and Uncommon Interview Questions Part One

The Word: The Downside of a Pen Name

Even in my younger years the appeal of a pen name entrapped me. Something better than my name. I ran through several ideas, but years later when became something to put into use I didn’t know what to use. By now at least, you should have realized my penname is L. Bachman. Many people use … Continue reading The Word: The Downside of a Pen Name

The Word: Help with Word Counts (Infograph by Length)

I've seen it many times before where a writer gets lost in a word count and begins chopping at their story to meet a demand or out of nerves thinking their work is too long to be a short story or novel. I decided to create my own infograph to help with this. Remember, this … Continue reading The Word: Help with Word Counts (Infograph by Length)

The Word: Advice on Creative Writing By Frank Martin

Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think. So this is my two cents; one man’s opinion – I think. I follow a fair number of writers and creators on social media and noticed some of them discuss their creative process a lot more … Continue reading The Word: Advice on Creative Writing By Frank Martin

The Word: David Johnson shares tips on Writing and what he’s learned so far in publishing

Digital Camera I am from north east Arkansas. After college and moving around many years I returned to the area. My career was in music and music education. It remains a major interest for me. Science fiction and some fantasy tales held my interests from childhood. I got to view many of the 50's grade … Continue reading The Word: David Johnson shares tips on Writing and what he’s learned so far in publishing