by Guest Author | Dec 16, 2020 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
There’s no shortage of professional book marketing advice out there. But despite volumes of recommendations about author websites, social media, newsletters, and public relations, one author dilemma rarely gets addressed, and it’s the most simple and basic of them...
by Stoney deGeyter | Dec 12, 2020 | All Posts, True Stories
Editor’s Note: I stole this post from the introduction of my unfinished biography. A biography I started and abandoned when I was in my early twenties, approximately 25 years ago. I’m posting this here for two reasons: 1) I never let any good writing go to...
by Guest Author | Dec 9, 2020 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
I’ve tried to catch Santa out for three years, and still I’ve had no success! Even with my best whisperer and hunter, Curly Whiskers, we’ve failed. I know what you’re thinking – why would a cat be trying to catch Santa Claus? The thing is, the tuna in the...
by Stoney deGeyter | Dec 5, 2020 | All Posts, Writing Tips
As any author can tell you, writing a book is only half the job of what an author does. “Anyone can write a book,” many people think, and they are right. But not anyone can write a good book. And I daresay, no author writes a good book by themselves. But...
by Guest Author | Dec 3, 2020 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
we’re all writing a story. let it be a ‘thank you’ tale, the kind that leaps into every breath, into each crevice of your bones. let your blinks and beats, steps and songs, sing thanks. for pollen dust and leaf spines. for the cells that...
by Stoney deGeyter | Nov 28, 2020 | All Posts, Writing Tips
I have a confession to make. I’m extremely lazy. I love sitting around and doing nothing. The call of the TV screen beckons me far more often than I want to admit. I know I should be writing, but that new show just started and nobody’s gonna watch it for...
by Guest Author | Nov 28, 2020 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen was a sheep walking the opposite direction from the rest of the herd. Whether its goal was to be knighted, to wander alone, or to merely flow against the grain was irrelevant. Simply that it found the sand to turn and part...
by Stoney deGeyter | Nov 21, 2020 | All Posts, True Stories
There is no small number of experts writing books, posts, and tips to help you as a writer. A quick search on Amazon produces a plethora of books to assist with character reactions, emotions, self-editing, replacing weak verbs, and more. Oh, and building great...
by Stoney deGeyter | Nov 14, 2020 | All Posts, Writing Tips
Just a few days ago, I heard someone say something along the lines of, if people’s opinions are important to your self-worth, don’t be a writer. (That’s a butchered paraphrase, but you get the gist.) Those words resonated with me. I’m not...
by Stoney deGeyter | Nov 7, 2020 | All Posts, True Stories
It was a morning not too much unlike any other–if the criteria were based on me doing something stupid. I had recently met a friend, we’ll call him Jarred (I can’t remember his real name), who lived not far from me. It was summer and Jarred was in town visiting...
