As my book was released and I became an official "traditionally published author" , I got a tonne of questions! Everybody who found out I was an actual author started to ask me a handful of things, and out of the few recurring questions, one of the biggest was, "how did you publish a book?". People I met and talked to wanted to know how I had made such a dream a reality! For many, the publishing world is a dark mystery and everyone seems to be curious about how you take a bunch of words on a ... Read the Post
How to Get Your Book Traditionally Published
A Very Real Letter To Myself on Publishing My Book
Dear Me: Publishing a Book was HARD, now enjoy it! (I don't normally write this type of post, I'm usually too busy trying to be perfect, and work hard, and be better, or something to that crazy extent. I am always about trying to create content that is personable and also helps the people who are reading this. But, it's been 5 days since my book came out on Amazon, thanks to Solstice Publishing, and it's time to enjoy the fact that I made it through publishing a book. So here it goes... ) Dear ... Read the Post
What I Learnt from Working With an Editor for the First Time
As a writer, you become hypercritical of your work. Whether that is a blog post or a novel, it almost becomes a piece of your soul that you are sharing on a piece of paper. Those simple words that you type on your keyboard in front of you, and string together creating sentences and paragraphs, let your readers into a new world, a new place, or give them a new perspective. As a writer, I worked with editors who have proofread my word and given me the go-ahead to post my piece. However, while ... Read the Post
Oh Sh*t! My First Draft is Done!
Writing a book is hard! Even now that I have an actual publishing date, I am even more stressed than I was when I was writing my book. Now, if you are in the middle of writing your first book or you are getting close to what you would consider "done". Then this is the post for you! This is all about what to do after your first draft is done. Writing a book can be a love hate relationship. There are many times when you might have almost given up, and just tossed the whole thing aside. You've ... Read the Post
Insolation Cover Reveal: The Importance of a Catchy Cover!
In some ways I feel like I've been writing this book for a lifetime and in others, I feel as though I just started. At this point I kind of can't believe that we are just 50 days away from the official release of my book with Solstice Publishing! There have been days where I definitely didn't think that this was going to happen. There were many times that I thought I was going to give up forever and I was going to click the delete button on the word document and throw it away forever. But now, ... Read the Post
Why You Need A Blog As An Author
It seems that everything happens online now, right! We live in a world where we are constantly connected and pushing deeper and deeper online. It used to be the norm that you would write a book, print your book out and mail it, yes I said mail it, to publishers across the world, hoping someone would pick it up. From there you would hope that a publisher would read it, and then pray they would sign it. After getting a book deal, you would get your photo in the newspaper, and your crisp fresh book ... Read the Post
