Yup, this month marks four years of publishing for me. I’ve written for far longer than that but when it came to officially publish my books on a site like Amazon, it’s been four years. I remember making $5 that first month, roughly two books sold given that royalty was about $2.77 per book. AfterContinue reading “It’s Been Four Years… And Here’s What I’ve Learned”
Tag Archives: Writing
Perfection
Today, while going through one of my old books looking for a quote that I had the word “perfect” in it, I realized that I used the word in this particular book so much. In fact, I lost count how often I did. Whether it had to do with the occasion, the setting, the loveContinue reading “Perfection”
#AmWriting, Yes I Am
Somewhere on this blog is a private page that has 32 covers I’ve purchased hoarded since I began publishing—and that number doesn’t include the covers I’ve made. Yes, you read it right. Thirty-two covers. And I can’t show any of them off because I have to write their stories first. But I will show youContinue reading “#AmWriting, Yes I Am”
A New Day
The little dude is attending a Lego engineering class next door and while I thought it would be a good idea to be his “aide” like the one he had during his school year in case he’d be misunderstood by inexperienced summer instructors and get kicked out of the program, I wanted him to haveContinue reading “A New Day”
Happy World Book Day!
I could tell you about my favorite books for Word Book Day but I’ll tell you about the first book I wrote and published instead. Finding Sam is set in Southern California’s South Bay cities of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach. It was my second attempt at writing a novel set in the area, theContinue reading “Happy World Book Day!”
Don’t Fix What Ain’t Broke
Isn’t that how the saying goes? Anyway, after writing 21k words for my upcoming novel, I decided to start over and this time, follow the outline to the letter. This will be my fourth try, third since I got my outline fine-tuned by a pro. I knew it would take some getting used to, especiallyContinue reading “Don’t Fix What Ain’t Broke”
Make It Your Best
“Make it your best. Every time. Anything less is, well, less, and could lose you a reader that might have loved your later, better work. Readers are won and lost one at a time, and they’re very easy to lose and extremely difficult to gain. I have zero compunction about improving my offerings whenever possible.”Continue reading “Make It Your Best”
Being a Writer
This pretty much sums up my day 99% of the time.
A Thousand Words In
Keep Going
I’ve been the queen of procrastination lately. I’m not happy about it because nothing is getting written. The story I had been so eager to write a few months ago has stalled, with every excuse I can think of to derail it, and every distraction from Facebook to Twitter to Instagram to actually reading aContinue reading “Keep Going”
Liz Durano 