And if you haven't read The Way of the Wielder yet, no worries! You can buy your copy on Amazon now (or read it on KU for free): https://a.co/d/hRZOw8j
They are requiring that some people (not all, I guess, but I was one of them) enter their birthdate into their account info if they want to get paid. They're not sending out an email for this, I read about it on a FB group & went in to check my account & sure enough. 🤬 You have to click on Account, then you might see a message that there is a problem with your bank info.
#PennedPossibilities 330 — How does your MC go about expressing or not expressing their sexuality?
Suetonius, like many gladiators, is pimped out by his lanista -- and he's very popular with the clients. When he falls hard for Drusilla, his experience is translated into tenderness.
#WordWeavers
5/30 — Are you comfortable writing from the POV of a child? Written any?
One of my characters in "In The Eye of The Storm" and "Through the Opera Glass," Clarice, is a child when we first encounter her, and a teenager later on. I admit that she was rather like me as a kid, bookish and rather serious. I found it easy to take some of my childhood experiences and translate them to her life during and after WWII.
This is an important and interesting article. It primarily focuses on traditional publishing, but it does highlight the challenges inherent in marketing. I'm not good at pretending to be someone or something I'm not, especially in the service of my art.
#PennedPossibilities 326 — Do any of your characters have a favorite place that they've ever visited?
Characters in both "Bayou Fire" and "Pompeii Fire," as well as my current #wip, are travel writers. I've never really considered whether they have a favorite place that they've visited, if I'm honest ... but I suspect sentimental attachments to particular spots all the same. #nospoilers