by Cathy Yardley | Business, Uncategorized
“How do I know what genre my novel fits into?” I see this question a lot. It’s not that authors aren’t familiar with genres — although with the proliferation of sub-genres cropping up daily, it’s hard to keep up — but often...
by Cathy Yardley | Craft, Uncategorized
Without getting too terribly esoteric, I’ve been seeing a lot of holographic patterning in my Year of Cruise. To display both my geek and hippy-dippy tendencies, I mean “holographic” as in “whole in every part.” If you cut a hologram in...
by Cathy Yardley | Uncategorized, Writing Life
Year of cruise: relaxing. Creative block: not so much. I have a history of creative blocks… usually right after I sign a very ambitious contract. I am writing the first, second and third books in a new humorous urban fantasy-ish series. They’re all due...
by Cathy Yardley | Uncategorized, Writing Life
I’ve seen a lot of people wrestling with this issue lately. I’ve been juggling quite a bit, myself, and being a bit time management challenged in the past (read: overbooked and incapable of triage/saying no) it’s a topic that’s close to my...