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03, 2016
‘Where can I buy your books?’
Yesterday, The Renegade Chronicles were officially published...which means I can finally answer the question above.
27
01, 2016
It’s a…business!
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, author David Michael Williams brought a new publishing company into the world.
27
10, 2015
One Million Words…and more
I’ve written some pretty strange things over the years, but few things pushed me farther outside my comfort zone than the business plan I recently put together.
22
09, 2015
Pondering my next writing project
My favorite questions tend to start with “what if.” Lately, however, this writer has been asking himself, “What now?”
6
08, 2015
Living (and writing) the dream
I’ll spare you the clichéd “Sorry I haven’t blogged in a while, but I’ve been busy” post. I’ve never met a writer who wasn’t woefully short on time. Why should my situation be any different?
12
08, 2014
4 reasons why fiction writers struggle with marketing
I’ve read 3,009 articles about how fiction writers need to become savvy marketers and self-promoters if they want their books to succeed commercially, and I fear I’m becoming a convert.
22
01, 2014
This writer is making a new kind of resolution
As much as we all would like to believe that something magical happens when the calendar resets, our behavior—and personalities—seldom change with the flip of a switch.
11
12, 2013
What else a writer needs to succeed (Part 3)
In this third installment of a series exploring the anatomy of a well-adjusted writer, the focus falls on another overlooked—and arguably undervalued—trait...
1
05, 2012
In defense of the dabbler…or…why getting published might not be all it’s cracked up to be
In an earlier post, I defined a dabbler as someone who has yet to write one million words while simultaneously implying that the one million words benchmark might be less of a milestone than a state of mind.
20
03, 2012
Finding time to write
At a recent guest lecture on self-publishing, a fellow attendee asked the featured speaker if she had any advice for someone who is working full time and doesn’t have four to six hours a day to devote to writing.