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Dear Auntie DD
Dear Auntie DD, I am a world-famous billionaire who works hard, plays hard, and fucks even harder. I’ve fucked my way through the world’s most beautiful models, actresses and pop stars without wanting anything more than a hot one-night stand, so why am I suddenly obsessed with this clutzy mousy…
Why Author Planning Needs To Be Agile
By Vesper Young TL;DR: Your author plans keep falling apart because you’re trying to build a skyscraper instead of a sustainable career. At some point, you’ve probably tried to make a plan—a five-year author plan, a year-long author plan, maybe even a six-month one and it fell apart. Why? In…
Serials vs. Series
By KimBoo York Serial vs. Series: What’s the Difference (and Which Should You Write)? If you’re a new-ish author looking to build a sustainable writing career, you’ve probably heard the terms serial and series tossed around when discussing long-form storytelling. While they sound similar, the difference between the two plays…
Ask An Author
Dear Author, Why does reading reviews stop me writing? Answered by MISS Spartacus 2U I published my first novel in 2008 and uploaded it to Amazon. It even had a glowing editorial review from an erotica review site, but the real test, in my opinion, was public opinion. My early customer reviews…
Tips For Recording Your Own Audiobook – Part 2 – The Space
By Rowlf Now you’ve done your practice and got your equipment, next thing up is the space you’ll be recording in – which is actually more important than the choice of microphone. Remember, a good microphone in a really bad space is much, much worse than a poor microphone in…
Dear Auntie DD
Dear Auntie DD, My on again/off again crush is going to spend some time traveling around Europe for work. What is the best way for me to surprise him when he is in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland? I’ve heard there are some really dramatic waterfalls there, and I’d…
Writing When Life Doesn’t Let Up
By Christopher Downing Some days, it’s not procrastination or perfectionism stopping you. It’s real life. Chronic illness. A crazy day job. Caretaking kids or an elderly adult. Grief. Fatigue. Neurodivergence that’s not on your side. You know, major stressors that are outside of your control.And when you’re in survival mode, the…
Kill Your Darlings
By M Alice The mantra has been around the block, keeping company with many a writer. William Faulkner is usually blamed for it. I thought F. Scott Fitzgerald said it. Oscar Wilde, Eudora Welty, G.K. Chesterton, Chekov, and Stephen King often get the credit. King wrote, ‘Kill your darlings, even when…
Writing Routines and Schedules and Processes, Oh My!
Welcome to the section of the blog where the delightful Dirty Discourse writers tell you all about their writing routines, schedules and processes – or lack thereof – in the hopes of helping you find the thing that works for you! This time we have Ewrither! I’m a rabbit –…
Tips For Recording Your Own Audiobook – Part 1
By Rowlf Practice And Equipment You’re an Indie author, and you want to get your work into audio, but for some reason you can’t seem to manage to make it happen. You might be filled with horror at the idea of using an AI narrator, and the high cost of…
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