Compassion, loyalty…and crime
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
So, a while ago, I posted about my writing goals for 2013. I figured I’d give an update. Continue reading “Goals for 2013: Update”by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
So a few weeks ago, I got a very nice comment from L.D. Masterson presenting me with a blog award (me, who’d have thunk?). And I’ve been a very naughty person, but honestly, the task of finding 11 other bloggers with fewer than 200 followers was daunting to say the least. Continue reading “The Liebster”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
I was going through my email last week, looking for something, when I stumbled on a couple of messages I’ve kept around for encouragement. They were sent after a workshop I attended in early March of last year. It was a pretty rough experience and left me doubting my ability to cut it as a writer. Continue reading “The Difference of a Year”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
Confession: My husband and I watch Merlin, that BBC remake based loosely on Arthurian legend (and I do mean loosely). Continue reading “When Writing Goes Bad”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
I recently attended a webinar with author James Scott Bell about how to make a living selling ebooks (something near and dear to my heart, of course). As I listened, it reinforced something that I think a lot of authors overlook. Continue reading “Goal Setting 101”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
A couple weeks ago I sat in on a Twitter chat for Author (R)evolution and learned about Wattpad, an online author platform service that allows you to upload excerpts, chat, and connect with readers – that last being extremely important for any author, not just debut ones. Continue reading “Diving in at Wattpad”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
I’ve always been kind of happy that I can watch TV shows without descending into writing nitpicks. I mean, sometimes you just want to watch a show without obsessing about the details, right? Continue reading “Turning a Writing Corner”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
My friend Amy has often talked about numbers. See, she’s an endurance athlete. And they kinda pay attention to things like pace, laps, intervals – all stuff that revolves around numbers. As in “how fast” and “how many.” Continue reading “The Numbers Game”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
It was a fine day, just like any other day, right up until I read this blog post from Nathan Bransford on the results of his (admittedly unscientific) poll on buying ebooks.
Bransford found that, for the first time, the percentage of people who said you’d have to pry paper books out of their “cold, dead hands” stayed the same. The percentage of people who professed to embrace ebooks also stayed the same. Continue reading “What is a “Real” Book?”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
Just when I thought the weekend couldn’t get any better, I got to meet Mary Higgins Clark. Continue reading “Bouchercon 2012”