This morning I learned of the importance of knowing my ‘brand’. Of becoming familiar and identifiable to your readers. And trusted.  Trusted that what you write will contain the essence of what you have always written, – that which attracts them to your words. Which makes using their time to read your words, worthwhile.  The…

My husband’s dress shoes. Honestly, this is the truth! You may call them thongs if you are an Australian (but us Kiwi’s know thongs to be a very scanty panty – nothing more than a thong.) If you are English, you may be calling them flip flops…ok, they do make a floppy-floppy noise if you…

Finding my genre…is that the idea when blogging? Seems the case, if a blogger desires to have readers interested in following her ramblings. OK Got it. My genre, my focus, my interest area is… Source: Learning how to blog

Finding my genre…is that the idea when blogging? Seems the case, if a blogger desires to have readers interested in following her ramblings. OK Got it. My genre, my focus, my interest area is people. People hurt. People struggle. People face challenges day by day. Challenges which seem insurmountable at times. What can I do…

Yes, it’s been an amazing adventure. At least six months of determination, driven by ideas forming one after the other in my mind. Determination needed to put the ideas into written words and sentences. Learn the art of writing. Editing, then editing again. And again. Finally, being courageous enough to let someone read it and…

Hi lovelies. I’ve been getting a lot of recurring questions about schedule, pacing, productivity, etc, and I thought it might be time to do another DITL post, because I am always interested when other authors do them (and it’s further proof that there’s no right way to this whole author thing. So, now that I’m…

Hi bloggers.  My first ever blog has begun to be written as these letters are flowing. What do you want to know? What does one blog about when one blogs? Time will tell. I’m an Indi writer, having researched for a decade on ancestry.com, my family tree. A year ago I discovered a story in…