On my lunch hour today I invested some time in researching publishers, agents, and all the intricacies of self-publishing. It was dang exhausting and I'm nowhere near done. The whole process of landing an agent and then making it to one of the Big Five publishers seems a bit like winning the lottery. The small … Continue reading Self-Publishing; Instant Gratification or a Whole Lot of Work?
Month: July 2014
Third Acts
A month or so ago I sat down with a student from my Alma mater to answer a series of questions about my life now and how it was shaped by the college as part of an alumni project. One question she asked sort of rankled. I had just gone into what I did for … Continue reading Third Acts
In any moment of decision…
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. - Theodore Roosevelt What I would love to do today is to quit my job and throw my full efforts into writing and … Continue reading In any moment of decision…
Firsts
November, three years ago I decided on a whim to try to write a novel in thirty days. I joined nanowrimo.org and after about ten false starts, I stopped hating everything I wrote. Instead of deleting a thousand words at a time, I was writing two thousand per sitting. Miraculously I finished on time and … Continue reading Firsts
Christa MacDonald 