by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
We live in a world that is full of the drive to do more, more, more. As writers, we suffer from this expectation maybe more than a lot of other people. We are expected to write more, blog more, market more, be visible on social media more. It is all Important, with...
by Cathy Yardley | Business, Writing Life
Note: this originally was run in my newsletter, but given the responses, I thought I’d post it here on the blog as well. Is writing full time a viable option? Around 80% of the people I work with have mentioned that, ideally,eventually, they want to be able to...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Many authors I meet are in what I call practice mode. What does practice mode look like? It can be the writer who is endlessly polishing his writing skills, but hasn’t completed a draft. Or the author who is plotting an intricate series, but hasn’t written...
by Cathy Yardley | Promotion
How much marketing are you doing, really? How much “platform building”? Being honest: probably not that much. Am I right? If you’re published, you may only send out a newsletter just before a release date. If you’re unpublished, you may blog...
