Tag: writer

My Top 5 Author Obstacles & How I Overcome Them

If you look at an author’s public image, you’re most likely to see them talking about their successes and how wonderful it is to be an author, which makes sense, because nobody wants to follow someone who does nothing but complain about their chosen profession. But there is a certain set of problems and struggles […]

Review: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

My latest read was The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. There were references to it in The Library of Borrowed Hearts, and I already knew that I loved Shirley Jackson after reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle a few years ago. The Haunting of Hill House is defined as gothic psychological […]

August Slipped Away

The social media burnout is real, but that’s not the only reason my online presence has been a little less active. In the beginning of July, I announced that I was going to pull back from posts, poetry, and blogging in order to be able to put all my energy into querying my novel. Now, […]

The Digital Age, pt. 2: Reality

I saw a quote once that said something along the lines of this: “Most people who practice brutal honesty are more interested in the brutality than the honesty.” I don’t like harsh truths/realities or brutal honesty, and I especially don’t like it when it’s directed at me. Call me an optimist (ironic, I know,) but […]

The Digital Age, pt 1: Fantasy

What if writers didn’t live in the digital age where social media marketing has become just as important as spending time on our writing? One where we could be respected without having 10,000 followers. Where we could shut out the constant business plans and write by candlelight just like Dickens. Where writers could be antisocial […]