Articles For Writers

Index.

~ Career Management for Writers ~

~ Historicals and Historical Romances ~

~ Marketing and PR for Writers ~

~ Money Stuff ~

~ Motivation for Writers ~

~ Plotting, Planning and Other Techniques ~

~ Romance and Erotica ~

~ Small Business Management ~

~ Time Management for Writers ~

~ Urban Fantasy Romance/Paranormal Romance ~

~ Writing More ~

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Career Management for Writers

6 Things I wish I’d Known About Getting A Literary Agent When I First Started Writing Novels.

11 Good Reasons Authors Need To Stay Healthy And Fit

11 Things I Wish I’d Known About Full Time Writing When I First Started Writing Novels

Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances

An End to Euphemisms – Is Erotica Right For You

Career Strategy – The Two Step Career

Defining The “Day Job”

Do You Have What It Takes To Be An E Author?

Don’t Reject Small Presses–You Can’t Afford It

Finding The Best E-Publisher For Your Novel

Getting Your Partner To Actually Be A Partner

How I Performed Hara-Kiri On My Career

How On-Line Marketing Helps Level the Playing Field

How Running A Blog Can Help Your Fiction Career

If You Really Want To Quit Your Day Job, Get A Strategy

It’s All In the Swing…Or My Theory On Why Romantic Suspense Isn’t Making Me as Rich as Croesus

More Day Job Options For Anchored Authors

Move Your Day Job To Better Suit Your Writing Career

One Way To Quit The Day Job

Quitting Your Day Job – Just Where Do You Stand These Days

The Hidden Class of Writer – Authors With Day Jobs

The Home-Based Day Job – Pitfalls For An Anchored Author

The Quest For Prolificacy

The Ultimate Goal Of An Anchored Author’s Career

What NOT to do for yourself — Your taxes.

The Writer’s Other Classic Curse and Four Ways to Deal With It.

Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It

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Historicals and Historical Romances

The Difficulties of Writing Really Old Erotic Historical Romances.

Don’t You Just Love Medieval Stories?

Getting The Science Right

Historical Cheat Sheet – 5th & 6th Century Britain

Historical Research … Aarrgghh!!

Romantic Conflict

Sherlock Holmes Had A Secret Lover?

Why It’s Impossible to Write An Historical Novel Accurately For A Modern Audience.

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Marketing and PR for Writers

5 Reasons An Author Newsletter Is Still A Good Idea

6 Social Networks You Can’t Live Without As A Fiction Author…And Why

12 Things You Must Do To Market Your New Small Business

Are Professional Newsletter Services Worth it for Anchored Authors

A Working Definition of Social Networking and Web 2.0 For Writers

Book Tour. Blog Tour. What’s the Difference and Why You Should Care

Book Trailers Add Another Blow to the Midlist

Brand Yourself With Your Email Address – Don’t Waste The Opportunity

Do You Know What Whuffie Is?

Event-Driven Author Marketing and PR

Get Your Own Domain — And Use It

Here’s a Quick Way to Leave An Indelible Impression On Your Readers.

How to Ask To Guest Blog in 20 Baby Steps

How to Assess If A Social Network is Worth Your Time

Install a Favicon Icon For A Professional Look On Your Blog

How to Think Strategically About Your Web Presence – Once And For All.

How On-Line Marketing Helps Level the Playing Field

Learn Basic CSS and PHP. It’s Worth It.

One Trick That Will Drive Traffic To Your Blog, Guaranteed

Only For The Really, Really Stupid–How To Run A Blog And Write Novels And Work The Day Job

PR & Marketing for Authors – Just Do It

Seven Tailored Uses For Google Alerts

The Advantages of Using Advanced Themes For Your Blog

The Basic Aims Of A Fiction Writer’s Blog

The Basic Steps of A Book Tour

Why You Should Avoid Crotch-Grope Marketing

You Are Your Own Help Desk

Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It

Your Brand is Everyone’s Responsibility

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Money Stuff

Bloody Pirates! [updated]

How To Get To Quitting The Day Job Faster

Money…A Great Tool For Anchored Authors

Payday Tactics — How To Calculate Your Top-Out Figure

Royalty Statements (sigh)

What NOT to do for yourself — Your taxes.

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Motivation for Writers

7 Things I wish I’d Known About Getting Published When I First Started Writing Novels.

11 Things I Wish I’d Known About Full Time Writing When I First Started Writing Novels

A Cure for Monday Morning Blues

Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances

And Yet More Reasons to Stick With Your Writing Schedule

Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly

Here, Take My Ballet Mistress. Please.

How On-Line Marketing Helps Level the Playing Field

How to Find the Energy to Get Out Of Bed In the Morning

How to Pull Yourself Through a Manuscript

If You Really Want To Quit Your Day Job, Get A Strategy

It’s Not Just Writers Stuck With A Day Job

Quitting Your Day Job – Just Where Do You Stand These Days

Reaching Your Goals – Four Mighty Little Tricks To Making It

Success Doesn’t Look Like What You Think It Will — 6 Steps For Going For It Anyway

Talk Yourself Into Being More Creative

The Quest For Prolificacy

When the Words Just…Won’t…Come

The Writer’s Other Classic Curse and Four Ways to Deal With It.

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Plotting, Planning and Other Techniques

The Difficulties of Writing Really Old Erotic Historical Romances.

Don’t Say “What If!”

Getting Ideas for Romances

Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly

Getting The Science Right

The Great Revelation — It’s Not As Simple As Showing Us Your Fangs

Historical Cheat Sheet – 5th & 6th Century Britain

Historical Research … Aarrgghh!!

It’s All In the Swing…Or My Theory On Why Romantic Suspense Isn’t Making Me as Rich as Croesus

Nag Yourself Into Solving Story Problems — Off the Clock.

Romantic Conflict

7 Ways to Avoid Distractions When You’re Writing

Six Ways To Get Back Into Your Writing Session Quickly

Steal From Your Day Job

Talk Yourself Into Being More Creative

The Silent Creativity Killer

When the Words Just…Won’t…Come

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Romance and Erotica

An End to Euphemisms – Is Erotica Right For You?

Are Romances Built On Hormones A Good Thing?

The Difficulties of Writing Really Old Erotic Historical Romances.

Don’t You Just Love Medieval Stories?

How To Break Into The Erotic Romance Market In 8 Not-So-Easy Steps

Getting Ideas for Romances

It’s All In the Swing…Or My Theory On Why Romantic Suspense Isn’t Making Me as Rich as Croesus

Romantic Conflict

The MMF Thing…How to Get It

The Perils Of Writing Erotic Romance.

The Secret Reason I Really Write Erotic Urban Fantasy

Vampires and Body Fluids. I Was Just Wondering.

What Exactly IS Urban Fantasy and How Does it Fit the Romance Landscape?

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Small Business Management

12 Things You Must Do To Market Your New Small Business

You Are Your Own Help Desk

Your Brand is Everyone’s Responsibility

What NOT to do for yourself — Your taxes.

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Urban Fantasy Romance/Paranormal Romance

The Effects of Immortality on the Psyche.

The Great Revelation — It’s Not As Simple As Showing Us Your Fangs

The Secret Reason I Really Write Erotic Urban Fantasy

Vampires and Body Fluids. I Was Just Wondering.

What Exactly IS Urban Fantasy and How Does it Fit the Romance Landscape?

What Is Urban Fantasy, Anyway? Urban Fantasy in the Romance field Defined.

Will Vampires Never Die?

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Time Management for Writers

“Banking” Writing Hours Pays Off With Interest

A Cure for Monday Morning Blues

Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances

And Yet More Reasons to Stick With Your Writing Schedule

Finding More Time To Write On Weekends

Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly

How to Assess If A Social Network is Worth Your Time

How to Astonish Yourself into Writing More Often

Microsoft Outlook for Writers – 7 Tailored Uses

Monthly Scorecard – How Did You Do

More Day Job Options For Anchored Authors

Move Your Day Job To Better Suit Your Writing Career

Nag Yourself Into Solving Story Problems — Off the Clock.

Only For The Really, Really Stupid–How To Run A Blog And Write Novels And Work The Day Job

Six Ways To Get Back Into Your Writing Session Quickly

Stop Watching Bloody Television

The Home-Based Day Job – Pitfalls For An Anchored Author

Write During Your Lunchbreaks-It’s Worth It

Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It

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Writing More

“Banking” Writing Hours Pays Off With Interest

Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances

And Yet More Reasons to Stick With Your Writing Schedule

Finding More Time To Write On Weekends

Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly

Here, Take My Ballet Mistress. Please.

How to Astonish Yourself into Writing More Often

More Day Job Options For Anchored Authors

Nag Yourself Into Solving Story Problems — Off the Clock.

Six Ways To Get Back Into Your Writing Session Quickly

7 Ways to Avoid Distractions When You’re Writing

Stop Watching Bloody Television

Talk Yourself Into Being More Creative

The Quest For Prolificacy

When the Words Just…Won’t…Come

Write During Your Lunchbreaks-It’s Worth It

Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It

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