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The Value of Average

The Value of Average

It’s time for another imperfect take as we hit the home stretch for the holiday season!  Today I’m going on a tangent about going trad pub vs self-publishing, as that conversation intersects with the results of the Written Word Media 2020 Author Survey. Here’s a link:...
Find Your Voice with Lamar Giles

Find Your Voice with Lamar Giles

Lamar Giles is a two-time Edgar Award Finalist and  a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. Between reading Stephen King’s On Writing and discovering books by black authors in his favorite genres, Lamar realized there was a route to making money writing fiction....
Write Like Me with Mike Sacks

Write Like Me with Mike Sacks

Mike Sacks is a hybrid-published humorist with multiple novels and collaborations under his belt. He’d been contributing humor pieces to national magazines and papers for a number of years before he truly hit his stride. As a student of comedy, his epiphany was...
Do It First with Brandon Easton

Do It First with Brandon Easton

Brandon Easton is an award-winning graphic novelist and Hollywood screenwriter. Ten years after being published 2002, he was finally published again, and that was only because he took the initiative. Brandon self-funded the creation of the original graphic novel,...
Author Confession: This isn’t funny

Author Confession: This isn’t funny

I’m not selling any books today. I want to connect with you heart-to-heart.  Fun fact: I used to teach yin and restorative yoga (also: the root yoke of yoga means ‘to connect’). No, I’m not wearing my yoga pants today. And yes, I’m...