Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ I’m sure I’ve mentioned my home office once or twice, but I thought it might be nice to give you some idea of what the room looks like. 🙂 I live in a house that was built in 1910. The floors are, by and large, … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: My writing space
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Writer’s Journal: Multiple Streams of Income
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ When I went full time as a writer, one of the pieces of advice I heard was to have multiple streams of income. At first, I wasn’t sure what was meant by that, but as I listened and observed more, I began to understand. Everything … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: Multiple Streams of Income
Writer’s Journal: When you make a mistake and can’t fix it
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ I have been known to make mistakes in my life. Lots of them. It could be said, and probably has in some circles, that if something can be screwed up, I can do it. Matter of fact, I have said that of myself, though I … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: When you make a mistake and can’t fix it
Writer’s Journal: How to use Gumroad
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ I thought this week might be a good time to finish up the instructions I began a while back about how to buy books from Gumroad. In case you didn’t know it, I sell my ebooks directly, via a Gumroad store. There are advantages and … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: How to use Gumroad
Writer’s Journal: When you don’t write enough
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ I have once again found myself in the position where I have not written enough. Thankfully, this time I can say that I have written, almost every day. It’s just not been enough. If you watched my Burton’s Babes Facebook live video this past Friday, … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: When you don’t write enough
Writer’s Journal: Plot Bunnies
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ I have lots of ideas. Some are better than others. Some are ideas about promoting my books and others are better called plot bunnies. Plot bunnies, for the uninitiated, are story ideas that pop into a writer’s mind at all hours of the day and … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: Plot Bunnies
Writer’s Journal: Whitelisting a Newsletter
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ In a recent survey I sent to my newsletter subscribers, I discovered that some people are not, in fact, getting my emails in their inbox. I had been wondering about this, because my open rate was somewhere around 50%, hence the question in the survey. … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: Whitelisting a Newsletter
Writers Journal: Professional Development – Books
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ A year or so ago, I did a post about podcasts, but podcasts don’t make up all of my professional development. Books are a big part of it, too, possibly a bigger part than podcasts. In the last year, I have begun purchasing books to … Continue reading Writers Journal: Professional Development – Books
Writer’s Journal: Reading
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ I have heard it said, many times, that to be a good writer, one must first be a good reader. I can say in my own case that it seems to be true. I was always a voracious reader. I carried a book with me … Continue reading Writer’s Journal: Reading
Writers Journal: Year-end word counts
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ I’ve always enjoyed the end-of-year summaries they show on tv. Well, I used to. I don’t watch the news anymore and not much tv at all, so I don’t know if they still do it. Anyway, I liked reviewing who died and what the big … Continue reading Writers Journal: Year-end word counts