by Dana Sitar (@DanaSitar) Dana Sitar is a freelance writer and the blogger behind the useful writer’s blog DIY Writing. As she says, a DIY writer is “self-defined, self-driven, determined, and willing to try it all.” Right now Dana is introducing...
We are big fans of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) series, Downton Abbey. It’s a period piece set in and around an incredible castle in early twentieth-century England. The “upstairs/downstairs” stories of the trials and tribulations of the...
There’s such a clean slate to the year, looked at from this early January vantage point, that it’s hard to resist making plans, resolutions or other agreements with ourselves about how this year is going to be, well, different. Here’s what I’ve...
Welcome to this issue of the Carnival of the Indies blog carnival. This issue is for May, 2012. We welcome your submissions on topics related to writing, self-publishing, book design or marketing books. A collection of outstanding articles recently posted to blogs,...
One of the amazing things that happens when you start self-publishing is a certain kind of evolution. Almost all self-publishers start off as writers, of course. But it’s what happens next that’s really interesting. Follow along here and see what you...