Dear Reader, or rather, Dear Future Writer, If you're on my newsletter, you probably already know this, but in case you missed me announcing this earlier this week... As someone who’s been in the industry for a long time now (close to 10 years), who has been writing since... well, birth, maybe, and as someone who spent over 15 years in learning & development roles, teaching adults and designing content, I am uniquely positioned to offer something I’ve been working on, in on

Dear Reader, I used to write blogs about my books. I’d focus on where I got the inspiration or the idea, talk about the characters, and more, but I feel like my last few blogs have been more serious and about the state of the industry or my specific indie author situation. This will be another one of those blogs because, unfortunately, today, as I write this, I am fired up. Before we dive in, I should say that I started writing this blog weeks ago and planned to publish it

I’ve been seeing a lot of audiobook discourse recently (like authors, including myself, getting asked why they don’t turn more of their books into audio, how the sales that Audible offers to listeners impact an author’s royalties, is it better for the author when you buy with a subscription credit or not, and more), so I thought I’d take some time to dust off and update my old audiobook blog. I’ll say upfront that this is based on my personal experience and the data that I

Dear Reader, You may have heard authors mentioning that reviews are more important than ever, and if you’re reading this, you’re about to hear me repeat that because, well, folks, it’s getting harder and harder out there for authors like me. To be honest, my books have never had massive ratings and review numbers. Maybe that’s because my books are “meh” to people, because they say you usually review the things you love or hate. I guess it’s good that I don’t have too much of

Dear Reader, Every day, I sit at my computer and try to write sapphic romance novels in an ever-changing and complex world. Sometimes –...

Dear Reader, You wake up and check your KDP sales dashboard. You see a number. You’ve made a sale or sales. You’re happy and excited,...