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New Podcast Up: Reasons for Writing and Filmgoing

By The Owl Lady January 26, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
In this episode we discuss the hard life of an indie writer, what that entails, and mostly why we keep writing. Many independent writers quit writing all together when the going gets rough, but what is needed to keep the creative fires burning? We also wrap up the…

5 Tricks to Keep a Modern Reader Interested

By The Owl Lady January 12, 2015 2 Comments

Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
I can’t count the amount of indie books I’ve started but haven’t finished. I read everything on Kindle now save a few of my favorites like those in my Tolkien collection (I have all hard-bound editions of those). If I want to figure out whether I want to…