by Cathy Yardley | Craft, Writing Life
There are three things you should know to be a successful writer. That may seem facile, clickbait for writing courses and coaches. But it really does boil down to three things: What’s your goal? What’s your writer archetype? What’s your process? They are...
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 | 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 | 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...
