Beginning
September 1, 2023
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Remember how you went from grade school to middle school to high school and then to college? How you started a new job, then moved
Category: Mindset
Procrastination or Incubation?
September 1, 2023
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For Creatives, Doing ‘Nothing’ Can Be Essential to the Process Can you tell the difference between wasting time and giving an idea space to develop?
Because I Write
August 1, 2023
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I’ve been writing full time for nearly eight years and have over seven million words published—a lot more if you include collaborations. This job isn’t
How Therapeutic Journaling Preserves the Healing Power of Words for Authors
July 1, 2023
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Now that we’re more than six months in, can you say you charged into this year replenished and ready? With a barrage of external stressors,
Martelle’s Motivation: Therapeutic Isolation
July 1, 2023
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Someone we like or respect is doing a thing. We want to be like what we admire. So we do the thing too. Often, that
Bringing Children and Books into the World
May 1, 2023
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A thought came to me the other night while I was down on my knees. Alas, I was not praying but cleaning out the litter
Keep The Gold
March 1, 2023
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What to Consider When ‘Shiny Object Syndrome’ Threatens Your Work-in-Progress Having a surge of creativity can be a great feeling. Everywhere you look, you seem
Romancing Your Readers: It’s Time to Start Sharing About Life Beyond Your Books
February 1, 2023
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When Building a Relationship with Your Fans, It’s OK to Share About Life Beyond Your Books Authors everywhere want fans to love and purchase their
Prosperity: Outlining Your Future as a Prosperous Writer
January 1, 2023
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I discovered the beauty of knowing other writers at the Colonists Summit back in 2014. At that conference, two dozen writers came together to talk
How the Right Mindset Turns Storytelling into Sanctuary and an Answer to Doomscrolling
December 1, 2022
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Turn on the news. Read a paper. Scroll through social media. No matter where you go, it’s hard to avoid today’s world. It seeps in
Discover the Art History Term that Rejects Originality, and Why Authors Should Embrace It
November 1, 2022
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It’s All Been Done Before. But Only You Can Do It Your Way. What makes a story original? The question seems simple enough until you
The Silent Struggle: The Author’s Self-Care Guide for a Healthier Mind
October 1, 2022
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Angie Martin When dealing with mental illness, it’s often hard to power through the low points, let alone write your next book. But there are
The Silent Struggle: Ways to Manage Mental Health
September 1, 2022
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Angie Martin With one in five Americans dealing with mental health problems, mental well-being is becoming a bigger and more important topic than ever before.
The (Un)Balancing Act: Bring Creativity Back to Your Business
June 1, 2022
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When your creative career is designed solely around stability, you may be tempted to resort to strict word counts, long hours, and crushing deadlines. That’s
Four Tips for Preserving Your Energy and Streamlining Your Creative Process
May 1, 2022
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Four R’s to Find Your Essential Work . . . Instead of Rabbit Holes! You’ve heard people talk about creating a minimum viable product. How
You Go Faster When You Go Slower
April 1, 2022
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The Power of Slow in the Writing World The indie author life can easily swamp authors with opportunity. The writing life can turn into a
The Truth about Comparisonitis
March 1, 2022
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Practice Gratitude Instead of comparing yourself with others, try comparing yourself with where you were a year ago. Focus on how far you’ve come, not
Making Writing a Priority
February 1, 2022
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We can’t escape it—we all lead busy lives, and we only have a finite amount of time and energy to fit everything in. It’s little
One Step at a Time
January 1, 2022
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Gill Fernley Indie authors have so much to think about and learn, and that’s before you even tackle the world’s most enormous to-do list. There’s
Focus Fashionista
December 1, 2021
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Changing Hats to Match Your Mindset Elaine Bateman What hat do you wear to start your working day? No, I’m not asking about your workwear
Taming the Beast
November 1, 2021
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Arm Yourself to Beat Imposter Syndrome In this final article on imposter syndrome, we’re going to take a deeper look at the psychology behind it
You Named It, Now REFRAME It: More Strategies for Tackling Imposter Syndrome
October 1, 2021
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In last month’s issue, we looked at what imposter syndrome is; now we’ll examine what it might look like, why we have it, and what
Naming The Beast: How to Recognize Imposter Syndrome
September 1, 2021
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Recognizing Imposter Syndrome This is part one of a three part Mindset mini-series focusing on imposter syndrome. You may or may not have heard of
Old Project, New Perspective: It’s Time for a Mindset Reset
August 1, 2021
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Resetting and restarting By the time you reach the editing stage, you’ve been working on your project for a long time. Your creative brain might
How to Find Your People and Why It Matters
July 1, 2021
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Being an author is often considered a lonely existence. But secluding yourself to write feverishly and drink yourself to angst-ridden death is now terribly out
Conquering the Muddy Middle
June 1, 2021
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When the shine of a new story idea fades and the muddy middle beckons, it is easy to lose interest, especially with a shaky or
Defining Success
May 2, 2021
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Many of us write because we love to write; it’s our outlet that keeps us sane. Publishing is a by-product that becomes our businesses to
Creator Economy for Authors: A Guide to the Future of Publishing (New Age of Publishing Book 2)
Michael Evans’s Creator Economy for Authors delves into the significant shifts occurring in the publishing world. Highlighting the movement from traditional platforms to communities spearheaded
Editor’s Letter- September 2023
To anyone who thought the discussions around AI might be quieting down, let this past month be an assurance: among authors, at least, the debate
Hacking the Algorithms to Popular Social Media Sites
What Indie Authors Should Know to Ensure Their Posts Are Seen Until the late twentieth century, town criers were used to spread the word about
