Previously on Shirscribe I began giving an update to my self-publishing journey. This is part two, you can read part one by scrolling down to the prior entry. I think I may have lost my Titanic correlating point. Dratted! Let’s…
My Self-Publishing Journey & More: Murphy’s Law & The Titanic
As I’ve mentioned before, part of the reason I embarked upon this self-publishing journey was because I hate rejection and therefore a major part of my reasoning was to avoid rejection, moreover, to place my fate in my own hands….
I Think I’m Going to Start Taking Risks
It’s been hard for me to write lately – just inundated with writer’s block. Like I have an idea, something on my mind that I want to write about, then I go to the screen and nothing comes out. My…
My Self-Publishing Journey: Letting the Story Go
November 15th has come and gone – the day by which I was supposed to not only have contacted editors about working on my manuscript but also chosen and hired one. I have not. To all the above, I have…
You are More than What You do for Work
We live in a society that often places value on people by what they do. The CEO is valued more than the secretary, the secretary more than the janitor, the janitor more than the person with no job at all….
Play it Safe or Take a Risk
When I tell you the devil is busy. I got some bad news today and it’s just really making me think about my life and what in the hell I’m doing with it. Like I said, the devil is busy,…
When is Nothing Better than Something?
I’m writing at the absolute last minute again because I failed to plan ahead. My night-owl-ness has kicked in full-fledged now. I literally went to bed at around 6:30 this morning – not woke up, literally went to sleep at…
Here’s a Look at What’s Coming Up This Week…
So this weeks’ posts are supposed to be all about creating life outside of your work and a career. I think so often we define ourselves by what we do, be it a writer, a doctor a teacher, server, especially…
My Self-Publishing Journey: Securing an Editor is Imminent
I found editors! Somebody cue the Pointer Sisters because I’m so excited! I’ve found editors that I like, and that I would feel comfortable hiring. I haven’t reached out to anyone – not quite there yet, but just having access…
I Finally Began Searching for an Editor
I started searching for an editor today, and I gotta tell you it was exhausting. I’m pretty anal when it comes to shit like that (no pun intended – do people even use the term anal anymore?). I’ve come to…
Getting it Write: A Book Self-Publishing Story In the Beginning
As you may or may not know, I have decided to self-publish a book. Twenty years or so ago, I wrote a short story that I tried to get published in the New Yorker, but was summarily rejected. I mean…
She Needs to Create a Routine…and a Rich Paul
And she is me. It’s 10:18pm and here I find myself, once again, writing at the very last minute, trying to achieve my goal of posting every day for the month of October. This is unnecessary stress I’m putting myself…