Your children love you, need you, and won’t let you talk on the phone, more less write a novel. Sometimes you need to write when they’re awake. You … [Read more...]
Self-Publishing 101 with Mama Bitchstress: Picking a Printer
So your book's almost ready. It's polished and has a lovely cover, you've decided where to distribute the ebooks. But if you have a longer novella or … [Read more...]
You Can’t Take It with You: IP Rights and Inheritance
So part of my sucktastic year has involved everyone dying or getting sick, including the devastating loss of my friend, chosen family, and mentor Judy … [Read more...]
Baby Evil Writers 101: Be Afraid (Part 2)
If you’re not afraid by now of the piranha swimming around in publishing waters, don’t so much as stick your pinkie toe in. You and your sweetness … [Read more...]
Baby Evil Writers 101: Resources for Writers
Allrighty my baby darlings, It is time to put on your big kid writer pants and learn to research for yourselves. It doesn’t matter if you’re … [Read more...]
Baby Evil Writers 101: Be Afraid
Everyone doesn't have a writer friend with more experience to tell them to stop doing the stupid things. So, I am telling you. That way lies danger! … [Read more...]
Baby Evil Writers 101: Let’s Talk About Rejections
Oh my evil darlings they suck. They suck and blow. They are dying the death of a thousand paper cuts. Not one person in the world will tell you that … [Read more...]
Recycled Post: Self-Promo, Spam, and Sockpuppetry
Note: This post is made of 100% recycled materials as Dr. Dina is out of the office today on a housecall. This post was originally written back in … [Read more...]
Baby Evil Writers 101: Publishing Scams
Quite recently, an evil friend called me to ask if her friend was the victim of a scam. The friend had a publishing contract when her manuscript … [Read more...]
Help me, Obi Wan
AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH.... I had a massive post (that was obviously intelligent and deeply insightful) about advice I wish I'd been given when I first … [Read more...]
Baby Evil Writers 101: Politics and Writers
Opinions are like behinds. We all have one and most people aren’t interested in seeing ours. With elections coming up I’d like to give two words of … [Read more...]
Death Comes for Pratchett, And Why This Matters to You
Books are important. We know this, obviously, or we wouldn't be spending our lives writing them and our houses wouldn't be buried in them. But if … [Read more...]
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