Writing used to be a habit for me. So much so that if I wasn’t writing I got antsy. I’d scribble things down in meetings or while driving. Anywhere to get that fix. That type of need… I mean, focus happens with a lot of things (like the gym, running, etc) but, it’s easy to lose. But, I’ve lost it. Part of the reason is I had a lot of life changes this year and thought I could slide a bit {Read More}
Pub Paths: So, Now What?
August 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There’s this misconception that once you pick a path to publication, you’re stuck. You can’t go back. You can’t mix it up. This project is dead forever! The drama! The drama! Let’s back it up again. Nothing in life is pub pathing is final. You can mix it up all you want. For me, what this means is that I’m working my butt off to make the path I’m currently on successful. That means: Keep writing (ok, this is true {Read More}
Pub Paths: Why My Path Was Right For Me
July 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
If you didn’t read it previously, you might want to read Part One of the series about my path to going indie HERE. So, we made the decision. I’m not going to discuss all the steps to self-publishing or my own process. That’s a totally different post and other people have already done it far better than I could. Although, maybe one day I’ll do a post on everything that can go wrong. Yeah. It went like that. I’m going {Read More}
Pub Paths: The Bria History
July 30, 2013 by 3 Comments
There’s this river running between Indie and Trad publishing. In some places it’s a peaceful trickle you can hop from one side to the other. In some places it has raging rapids and dead-drop waterfalls. Each author decides where they live and judge everyone else from what they see outside their own window. It’s the topic I get questioned on the most: Are you happy you went indie? Are you happy you have an agent? Are you happy you queried {Read More}
This Whole Plagiarism Thing
June 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
First off, I want to add my voice to those of other readers who are frustrated and angered by this newest plagiarism issue (if you somehow missed it yesterday, Dear Author broke the story HERE.) In the past I would have just been upset and felt horrible for the authors who were the victims of theft (having something stolen from you always feels more than intrusive) as well as the readers who paid good money for a new story. Not {Read More}
A Love Letter To My Agency
June 21, 2013 by 6 Comments
Being basically anonymous while I was putting out my Rom Com Novellas as Caitie Quinn was hard… sometimes heartbreakingly so. No matter how much help I had along the way, not “being me” often made me feel alone on the journey — and lowered my expectations of how the release of Wreckless would go. I expected a little bit of pimping and a few sales and hoped that slowly it would build up enough steam that it would find readers. {Read More}
So, this happened….
May 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I’ve been asked several times how I got on there. I have no idea. I’ve never submitted for a review or bought an ad so the idea that RT would even know my little stories exist is AMAZING. Super amazing.
Welcome to the New Site!
May 22, 2013 by 4 Comments
A brand new home! Here it is. And just like any time you move, you cute it up for the party knowing there’s still work to do. Of course I’ll still be talking about what I’m seeing and learning as a low-indie-on-the-totem-pole but I’ll also be sharing more about writing as two personalities… and maybe *caitie’s life spoiler alerts* making an announcement next week about those two personalities 😉 So, what do you think of the new site – Now’s {Read More}
Stop Making It A Big Deal
May 3, 2013 by 4 Comments
Every week A Writer comes forward on some blog or news site to talk about how they’ve been won over! Going Indie is not evil! In fact, they think everyone should look into going indie or hybrid or some version of self-publishing perhaps on their blog with shorts or serials! The problem is, like any time you have a “I’m okay with it” topic –> you know everyone’s not okay with it if people have to keep telling you HOW {Read More}