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Writing Corner: For Love of Writing

In this day and age of self-publishing, not many independent authors can support themselves with their writing.  I am no exception, if I had to survive on my royalties, I wouldn't last a day.  Mostly because there is a six week's delay in receiving royalties from your self-published works, but the sentiment stands.  Let's just say that writing isn't even a side hustle for me and leave it at that. All of the above is only relevant if you are an Indie Author with no representation.  Even in the world of self-publishing, it is still recommended for any author to engage an agent and an editor.  So don't panic if you don't have, nor wish to have, a publishing deal.  However, get an agent (who can usually hook you up with an editor) as soon as you can.  No, I don't have an agent nor do I wish to have one, but what can I say, I've never been one to take my own advice. So, why do I put myself through being a self-publishing, agentless author?  Because

About Me: Television Shows I Watch

I tend to use Twitter to discuss TV shows I follow.  I have both Netflix and Amazon Prime and watch a variety of shows on these platforms.  In addition, I have Season Passes for several network television shows.  If you ever wish to discuss TV with me, here are some examples of shows I watch: North American Crime/Legal/Mystery Dramas : Chicago PD FBI Criminal Minds Keen Eddie Mindhunter Rookie Blue Veronica Mars British Mysteries : Grantchester Shetland Vera Wire in the Blood Genre TV : Battlestar Galactica Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel Netflix Marvel Shows Outlander Stranger Things Comedies : Brooklyn 99 Community Frasier Gilmore Girls Golden Girls (don't ask) The Good Place Happy Endings The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Parks and Rec The Office (American version) Scrubs older BritComs : Are You Being Served? Coupling Keeping Up Appearances  The Vicar of Dibley Animated : Avatar the Last Airbender Batman: the Animated Series Justice League

An Indie Author's Life - Podcast

I've been publishing a podcast for four months, An Indie Author's Life.  I release about two episodes a month and most are less than 12 minutes in length.  There are a variety of topics, including expanded thoughts of self-publishing, self-editing, promotion, fellow Indie Author book reviews, and other topics I wish to explore. The podcast is hosted on Podbean and is also available on iTunes .  If you enjoy the podcast, feel free to like or subscribe.  Below is the two most recent podcast episodes.  Enjoy! Episode 08 - Length and Pricing of Books   Episode 09 - Pushy Promotion I also have a Podcast page on the website where all the episode links are available.  If there is a topic you wish me to discuss or if you would like to comment on prior episodes, then please contact me.  You can reply to this post, submit a Contact Me form, or reach me on Twitter .