Connecting

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I’ve been in the queer romance business now for six years, and the publishing biz for… well, let’s just say quite a bit longer. You can write a great novel. You can try to surf the latest trends. But the Read more

Bumping into a friend

In my last post I talked about tribes and how important it is for us authors to have other author friends we can talk to, vent, celebrate with and more importantly know that we’re not on our own. This month Read more

Dealing With Author Guilt

Before I was able to quit my day job and start writing full-time, I imagined all kinds of scenarios about what might be the biggest challenge of being a full-time author. What I didn’t expect was how much guilt would Read more

Monthly Author Post – Anne Barwell – Write What You Know

At the library we have a monthly writers’ group called Writers Table. It’s a very small group, and we all come from very different writing backgrounds, including fiction, memoirs, and non-fiction. Two of us are published, the others aren’t. It’s Read more

Living and Working at the Carolina Coast

In less than six months now, I’ll be headed for my own coastal adventure aboard Prelude, our 38 foot catamaran sailboat as my husband and I sail to the Bahamas and spend the next few years as full-time cruisers. Perfect Read more

On Gaining from Temporary Loss

I travel a lot. In fact, last month was the first in 16 months that I didn’t travel, and the only month this year in which I slept in my own bed every night (although I did make a few day Read more