Join my writer’s journey as I make mistakes and learn the ins and outs of marketing, social media, publishing, trading my writer’s hat for that of an author.
Why do I hide my accomplishments? Easier to sit on my laurels and watch Vera on Prime.An inner blockage halts actions toward the next step: to move forward into marketing, creating a better website to present my books for sale, share my humanness about my journey. Who’d want to read my stuff?I give up before I can …
FEAR and procrastination blocks me from Stepping up to be seen Read More »
Yesterday’s shopping to Sunland Produce, activated flashes of fear I hadn’t experienced since Covid started a month ago. Didn’t remember the streets that way, covered in bark-like crevices that made the Explorer’s tires rubble and thump, the parking lot fuller than I’d ever seen at 9:15am, the transformation created a raw-nerve reaction. Masked and plastic-gloved …
I remember gazing out the 4×6 window, its wooden frame encased by black metal, on a perfect spring day. I remember the bottom eight inch, outer cement casing lighter on the right side and the crack down the middle, overlooking the brick-paved porch underneath. I remember how the sun played through the pine trees, casting …
Part 1 Day One, dawn The ringtone makes me jump. I tumble into my body from my meditation’s calm. Force timeworn knees on the thin yoga mat, and reach for my phone. The ringing ignites dread; who calls at five in the morning? Not …
Last Saturday I joined the wonderful writers at the SCBWI Writer’s Day at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. I had talked to a distracted agent about my query letter and how I can make it better. The advice was: Start with the full agent’s name. Check out any YouTube or website likes and dislikes. …