I was going to publish a book in January, but then I decided not to. Here’s why. My Way, My Pace In order for it to get done, I would have had to “hustle” (shudder) to get editing, covers and sales copy ready. And you know what? I was still on […]
Author: Vanessa Smith
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You know how supermarkets gather data on you from loyalty cards? I wish someone would combine your common purchases with an app that shows everything that is on sale (not just what is in the catalogue) and make you an automated shopping list. That way you know exactly where to go for an item you […]
Four Things I’d Like Humans To Stop Doing
Wanna get your picky ranty pants on with me? Four Things I’d Like Humans To Stop Doing “FREE” Things On Second Hand Sites Hello humans. Please grow a pair. A pair of anything, because you have nothing and are lacking in that way. How hard is it to make up a price […]
Practical Planning for Writers
I don’t think I know many people who are full time writers. Most of us are doing our writing around jobs, businesses, families and a dozen other variables that make up our lives. So how do you make planning practical for writers? Practical Planning for Writers Without further ado, there are the […]
Places To Blog From
I actually don’t spend much time at my laptop. I have a pretty bad habit of writing blog posts on my phone, and then just doing the scheduling and images on my laptop. Places To Blog From The disadvantage to this is that writing on your phone just doesn’t seem like a healthy […]
A Lesson In Owned Media
I enjoy making fun of things online. I don’t “do” the pretty Instagram desks with flowers on them. Snore. After mocking a lot of toilet paper hoarding in recent days, I thought “Sure, lets play a game with this” and posted some polls on Instagram stories: None […]
Fighting The Editing Muscle
I’m writing a few different books these days. I generally try to just get a draft done, then worry about details later. But I am wondering if fighting the editing muscle means that it develops my story in a different way. Fighting The Editing Muscle Note To Self I often leave notes […]
Book Review: Get Your Sh*t Together by Sarah Knight
This book was my first foray in to shit/fuck books as a reader. Given that I published Fuck Should in 2019, I had been deliberately avoiding reading “similar” books so that I kept my “vision” and didn’t get distracted. Get Your Sh*t Together was another impulse grab from the library shelf, a tactic that seemed […]
Why A Free Gift Is Sleazy Marketing
Why I hate “this is my gift to you” tactic. Why A Free Gift Is Sleazy Marketing Because when you are a stranger to me, a gift is a tatic of manipulation. TAKE THIS IT’S FREE MY STRANGER HAHA SUCKS to be you, know you owe me. As someone who is […]
What I Did On My Summer Poorcaytion
I have grand plans for publishing in 2020. So far 2020 has had other plans for me, including injury, injury, injury, reinjury, infection, infection, and side effect from infection drugs. All in all it’s safe to say I keep pushing plans back, and then back, and then back. Gotta let yourself heal if you can. […]