No Males Allowed

Finding a good writing group since about 2015 has been a struggle. I’ve had my fair share of ups and downs. Like there was the time a drum corp decided to have a practice–indoors–in a library, during my weekly writing group meetups. And then there was the time I was practically begging for an honestContinue reading “No Males Allowed”

Indie Authors are Still our Greatest Hope

In my previous post, I went off on a tirade about the various pitfalls coming out of modern indie. But indie authors are still our greatest hope. Big book publishers (and other establishment cronies), when in control, pretend to challenge “the establishment” by creating strawmen to knock down. They sustain this lie for as longContinue reading “Indie Authors are Still our Greatest Hope”

Amateur Author vs. Shovelware: What I’d like to see most in a writer mentoring service

Recently, a professional author asked me what I’d like to see from a writer mentoring service, and it got me thinking about what I’d hoped to find in online writing circles in the first place. Maybe I shouldn’t have come into it with expectations. I’d hoped to find communities that love the craft of writingContinue reading “Amateur Author vs. Shovelware: What I’d like to see most in a writer mentoring service”