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7 Things Writers Can Do No One Else Can (or Wants to)
I’m reposting this from a few years ago. Back then, I didn’t have many readers so now, I wanted to share these pithy thoughts–including a few updates–with all my new efriends! There are a lot of difficult parts to writing. I mean, besides the whole write-edit-revise-rewrite-market-start over thing. That cutting a vein and bleeding on…

Secrets Readers Don’t Know about #Authors
Originally posted on Terri Herman-Ponce:
A lot goes on behind the scenes in getting a book published. Stuff that readers don’t know and probably don’t need to know. Because, let’s face it, all a reader cares about is a story that takes them out of the real world and into another that, when well done,…

Reblog of ‘Muse: How Creativity Effects the Brain’ – Crime Writer Sue Coletta
A fascinating piece relating scientific research into how writers use their brains, and the startling differences between seasoned and novice writers. This form of reblog annoyingly only shows a couple of lines of the original post – do please click on the link to see more, it’s worth it. I think I might have […]

Adjustability – the secret to overcoming frustration #amwriting #authors
Adjustability – the secret to overcoming frustration. Once again drawing on sports psychology, this is a major concept that any sports person, and particularly riders like me, have to grasp, accept and enact. We all suffer setbacks. For athletes, it’s often injury (it certainly is with horses!), or it may be fitness or skill development […]

#Readers, have you discovered ‘CONNECTIONS’ magazine yet?
CONNECTIONS is a magazine devoted to introducing readers to new authors – and yes, I am featured in there this month 😀 It’s a multi-genre package, crammed with excerpts, author profiles and fun stuff, plus special offers on new and on sale books and ebooks. Take a look for yourself: https://view.publitas.com/mpsmith-publishing/connections-emagazine-summer-2015/