Category: Monday Matters

A closeup image of a microphrone to symbolize how to avoid panicking while improvising.

How to Avoid Panicking While Improvising

This article was supposed to be completely different. But I couldn’t get into the topic I had in mind. I probably could have banged something out, but it didn’t feel like the right moment to do so. Which left me in every writer’s nightmare–staring a blank page with a deadline looming and nary an inspired
a book selling event illustrating how to sell books at live events

How to Sell Books at Live Events

My summer book tour through the Midwest gained me a lot of things. Money. New fans. And a fresh perspective on how to sell books at live events. After three years and dozens of events, I am now able to look back with more experienced eyes on my early days and identify the things I
A woman suffering from post-publication blues lying next to a window looking wistfully outside with a manuscript in her lap

The Do’s and Don’ts Of Dealing With The Post-Publication Blues

Fall is a time when a lot of authors make their debut or launch a new series. August, September, October are big book months before the holidays. So, it’s a good time for all of us to talk about the downside of the release process: the post-publication blues. It’s something that doesn’t get talked about
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