January Goals Review

Good morning and welcome to February! When I was trolling through Canva looking for an image for my review post title card, this one struck me as a far more accurate picture of what working towards goals feels like for me. It's uphill, but with a lot of little plateaus. I climb, I think I've …

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Operation: Digital Declutter

Hi, I'm Aila. And I have a problem. Today's scheduled blog post was supposed to be about my other hobby: Weaving. You know, those big pretty things people sometimes hang on their wall? Yeah, I enjoy making them. But I'm home sick today (yesterday for you) and I don't feel like setting up the photography …

Shiny New Ideas

Ah, Monday. I both love and loathe them. I know there's some debate on what is the first day of the week. Some people say it's Saturday, some Sunday, and some believe it's Monday—and I'm one of them. I love the opportunity to start anew. Who doesn't? That's one of the reasons we celebrate our …

Refocusing

  Happy Monday! So, I'd like to just dive straight into my topic for the day: Refocusing. If you'll recall from my post last week, I mentioned I only had roughly 10k words left in Alabama Rain before it would be finished. Now, 10k words normally only takes me two, three days tops to bang …

Change Is Scary Beautiful

Happy Thursday, folks! Some people are frightened of change. I'm related to a few people who fit the bill. I'm not necessarily talking about rearranging the furniture, (though, I've known people to flip out about that, too) nor am I talking about getting a new haircut (though, there are a lot of people who get …

Writer Resources: Legal Stuff

Today's writer resource post is going to be a little different. It doesn't have the flash or whimsical appeal of the fun stuff like design. It doesn't usually incite excitement. It is probably something writers avoid even more than they do marketing. Legal sh!t. Does an indie author need to worry about the legal aspects …

Writer Resources: Marketing Edition

I wasn't supposed to blog about this today. I had intended on blogging about another resource, but as I was writing it, I realized I didn't quite have enough information and it felt incomplete. So, here goes plan B. It's a three-fer. The resources I'm introducing you to tonight will help as you dive into …

Q1: How’d I Do?

I promised I'd be honest with you guys. No matter how much it hurts. It's time to pony up and tell you the truth about how I did with my goals for quarter one. If you'd like to see the full blog post where I laid out my plans, click here. Here goes nothing, ya'll. …

Writer Resources: SkillShare

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you're in for a fantastic, productive week! I had a really nice weekend, though not as productive as I'd hoped—but our oldest nephew spent the weekend with us, which was worth it. My husband took him to the SC ComicCon, and then we went downtown for some Pokemon Go, and …

Writer Resources: Trello

"Why do anything unless it's going to be great?" -Peter Block   Welcome to my next blog series: Writer Resources! I've been told on more than one occasion I come across some of the most interesting resources, and sometimes I mention one of them in my blog and I'll get a DM on Twitter (or …