From Eyes to EarsI’m Vie Portland and I’ve published my book, La Vie Est Belle: Learning to live hopefully ever after, as both a book and an audiobook.
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Does blogging still work?
Does blogging still work or will blogging work for me? Versions of these questions rose to the top of my FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) almost the minute I
Should you let AI write for you?
I've known AI writers for business owners were coming for a while now. Since late 2022, I've been seeing ads on Facebook encouraging me to sign up for
What’s my why?
Clean up your text: Revision, beta readers, editor (25 hours)
Once you finish your messy draft, you need to clean up your text before you send your book to be formatted for publication!These four steps for doing this
Your messy draft (40 hours)
Writing your messy draft, aka first draft, is by far the most time consuming part of the process. The main challenges you'll face at this stage are all
Bodily autonomy, anti-choice, forced birth
Unless you've somehow avoided all media since last Friday, you've heard that SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade - triggering anti-choice laws in lots of red states and prompting
Pre-work: Before you start your book (3+ hours)
Before you start your book, you need to do some pre-work on your mindset, commitment to the project, and understanding of what's really involved.Pre-work step 1: Your mindsetI
You can be an author: The myth of the natural writer
When you hear that someone is writing a book, do you imagine that they're spending hours and hours every day in front of their computer typing away? Do
Do you know enough to write a book?
Would-be authors ask me whether they know enough to write a book all the time. It’s in the top 3 concerns people have about writing a book –