by Cathy Yardley | Craft, Promotion, Writing Life
I’ve noticed on some of the writer forums and blogs I check out, and in responses to my newsletter, that there is this obsession with getting it right. What’s the right way to plot, some ask. How should this work? What do editors want to see? ...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it a million times: every writer writes alone, but no writer succeeds that way. The world is not necessarily kind or understanding when it comes to writers. We’re not even kind to ourselves. The best way to...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Sometimes I get overwhelmed. Things go wrong. Or, conversely, things go unexpectedly right – only all at once. I’m surrounded by a multitude of paths, and often feel like I have no map. It’s hard to prioritize when seemingly everything is about the...
by Cathy Yardley | Uncategorized, Writing Life
I first wrote this post years ago, and needless to say, a lot has happened since then! New types of social media, the rise of video shorts. Bookstagram, BookTok, etc. That said, the basics remain the same. How do you find time to write and promote? I haven’t...
by Cathy Yardley | Business, Writing Life
When I got my first contract at 26, I had a goal. I’d sell 100,000 copies, I thought. That’d be a decent start. Then I’d start really making some big numbers. (If you’re not laughing now, you should be. Trust me. 100,000...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Pair of shoes standing on a road with three white arrow on the pavement I’ve had two crippling bouts of writers’ block in my career. I experienced the first after I published my first novel. My editor said, “we loved the book! What else do you...
