Google Analytics for Authors
If you're a writer with a website, you've probably used or contemplated using Google Analytics. And for good reason! It's a free tool that offers all sorts of information about your website...
KRW Goes to Imaginarium 2021
From July 9th to the 11th, the Kentuckiana Romance Writers were in abundance at the Imaginarium Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. For the first time, we sponsored a table to exhibit the fantastic...
Why Market on Twitter When It’s Better at Editing?
Every new study says the same thing: “Twitter has the worst follower–to–customer conversion ratio of all social media platforms.” If this is true, why do agents and publishers use Twitter follow...
Why are vanity presses still the deadly sin of publishing?
Twenty or more years ago, vanity presses were easier to spot. Almost anything that was not a traditional publisher was a vanity press. If you paid to have your book published, it was...
Business or Pleasure: What the IRS says about your writing career
As we all become more serious as writers, there comes a point where we will inevitably consider the tax ramifications of our careers. As far as the IRS is concerned, writing can either be a business...
5 Tips on Writing Comedy in Romance
Whether you're writing a comedic contemporary or just want a few notes of humor to add to your paranormal, comedy can improve your romance. Here's five tips to consider: 1) A comedic scene must...
How Matt Bomer and Harrison Ford Can Improve Your Descriptive Writing
I picked up an odd trick a couple of years ago that helped me tremendously with my description of physical features. I found myself stuck in a bit of rut with how I described things like smiles,...