by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Many authors I meet are in what I call practice mode. What does practice mode look like? It can be the writer who is endlessly polishing his writing skills, but hasn’t completed a draft. Or the author who is plotting an intricate series, but hasn’t written...
by Cathy Yardley | Promotion
How much marketing are you doing, really? How much “platform building”? Being honest: probably not that much. Am I right? If you’re published, you may only send out a newsletter just before a release date. If you’re unpublished, you may blog...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Have you ever experienced the sting of someone expressing they didn’t like what you wrote? Unless you’ve been writing in a cave and refusing to let anyone look at your stories (or only giving it to people who will mouth platitudes and “adore”...
by Cathy Yardley | Business, Craft
I critique a lot of proposal packages for clients who want to improve their query letter and synopsis prior to submitting to agents and editors. I thought I’d show you guys a peek under the hood of how an actual critique works. (Note: this is going to be a...
