Idea: Building a Copyright Database, Part 1

First off, I have to admit that I don't update this blog often…I said that from the beginning. This place exists mostly to house my ideas. So fair warning that these posts will be sporadic. However, I've been playing around with the idea of better managing my...

A Message About COVID-19

Writers, It’s hard not to focus on the doom & gloom with the COVID-19 pandemic. While it’s too soon to know what will happen, we could be on the brink of a global recession, or maybe a depression. A lot of people (maybe you) have lost their jobs and...

The biggest deal for writers of the year

I'm participating in a pretty cool promotion that I wanted everyone to know about. It's called the Writer's Craft Super Stack, and it's 40+ products for writers ($3,000 value) for just $49. The line-up is impressive, and it includes my books Be a Writing Machine and...

Readers Have Rights

I’ve seen a number of headshakingly-bad promotion tactics this week by writers. Readers are the lifeblood of our careers. They should be at the center of everything we do. There are certain lines that authors shouldn’t cross. Readers deserve to be...