Artists need to honor creativity by doing the work. In other words, stop saying you'll write a book. Sit your butt down and write it.

How's writing my memoir going, you ask? Well, I can sum everything up in one word: Oofa! It's a lot of cringe mixed with proper punctuation.

In Publishing 100a, we look at traditional presses. What are they, how do they work, and how do you get work book published with them.

There are four publishing methods in today's writing world. We delve into the traditional, independent, hybrid, and vanity versions.

Whilst waiting for my bagel with lox spread at the local bagel joint, I let my brain know we needed to talk.

On March 19, 2023, I reintroduced blogging into my life. A year later, the #WriteDecisions blog is generally hunky dory.

Ongoing chaos does one of two things to writers. Either it provides a plethora of ideas or they jump into the rabbit hole.

If writers could sit zombie down for some tea and raw flesh, they'd find a great deal in common with animated corpses.

"All things are possible for one who believes," Jesus says. it's a small lesson in believing in your power to change things.

There's no such thing as writer's block. Now, let's move to the next subject: Publisher's Clearing House is a front for the Illuminati.

It's the waiting that gets to you. Waiting for job applications, LOIs, and unemployment payments.

Thank you, Elmo. You furry, first-person speaking, three-year-old you. He blew up the internet by asking how we were doing.

In the end, I think reaching the double nickel is more important than hitting the big 5-0. Some of them are discussed in today's article.

My memoir "Faith and Slipper Socks" is about mental illness, late-stage diagnosis of bipolar disorder and time in a mental treatment center.

There are few communities out there more close-knit than that of writers. We support each other throughout the writing process.

I'm incorporating three critical, life-saving words into my vocabulary. Those three words are Pivot, Transition, and Fearless.

To help you through the transition between one job and another, when money may not be coming in, here are 5 things to do.

On average, nearly four million books are released annually. At least three million come from local authors.

21,140 is a respectable total of words written. Truth be told, it's the biggest amount created on digital parchment in a while.

A total of 15,046 words, which is a significant jump. I'd like to thank the typing class I took in my sophomore year of high school.