Over the past few days, I’ve been talking about core concepts to help you figure out how you want to develop your business. Yesterday, I talked about your core competency. Today, I want to talk about why you want to be a writer, but not from an emotional, super floofy perspective. Why? To be validated? […]
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Business 101: Building Core Competency
Today, cats and kittens… I am going to talk about your core competency. No, this is not about your platform persay. This is about what service you are going to perform, what Art you will create, that people will spend money on. Take a deep breath. Okay? Seriously. Here are some things to consider when […]
Business 101: Day Two a Chat about Appearances and Fandom
Okay, so yesterday’s post about Smashing Assumptions was published early due to a WordPress snafu. Apologies for that! So now I am ahead of schedule. Today, I’m going to talk to you about appearances and how they impact your business. I’m going to start with an anecdote. Oh, shit. (Deep breath.) Here goes: It’s GenCon […]
Business 101: Smashing Assumptions on Day One
This week, for five days or so, I’m pulling back the curtain and blogging about what you need to know from a business perspective as a new writer. I’m a little punchy, because I’ve been seeing so much b.s. not related to the nuts and bolts about the business of writing, so please forgive me […]
Boundaries and Reporting Problems at Cons
Today, a serious matter. I am sharing a guest post from Chuck Wendig’s blog titled: “How To Report Sexual Harassment.” The post uses a personal circumstance to offer a “how to” guide for what you should do if you have a problem at a convention. It’s a good article and I wanted to share it […]