Category Archives: publishing

“Come With Me if You Want to Die”

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Tonette Joyce

Your heart or your writing, anyway, because this week we were asked: “Do you have any fear(s) that AI (artificial intelligence) will take over the production of poetry, scripts, short stories, novels, articles, reference works?” Oh, the takeover of the … Continue reading →

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“Extra” Day? Yeah, Right!

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Tonette Joyce

This week’s question:  It’s a Leap Year, are you planning to do anything special with the “extra” day?  If only!  It’s rather like when people start asking for Daylight Savings Time to be in effect all year long so that … Continue reading →

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Guest Author/Publisher: Jason Gillikin

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Patricia Kiyono

This month I’m honored to introduce you to Jason Gillikin, an author/publisher located in my neck of the woods. Jason recently spoke to one of my writing groups about “The Principles of Storytelling” and his presentation was full of great … Continue reading →

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Old King, New King

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Tonette Joyce

It’s been a while since I touched on Stephen King. Generally, people hate him or love him, and for a variety of reasons.  My mother hated him because she saw parts of one or two of his movies and found … Continue reading →

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Writing; I Love the Craft

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

I previously mentioned that a friend introduced me to a ‘BookTuber’ she found helpful in getting her to read classics. I had made a great dent in classics over the years, especially when I was younger. With the dry spells I … Continue reading →

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Series of Unfortunate Events

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

This week’s topic:   Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories?  To be honest I quickly, (and wrongfully), assumed that it meant to consider making sequels to some of our stories.  I really had no idea … Continue reading →

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Not Really A Fan Of Serializing

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Jeff Salter

Give Me the Entire Story… Now By Jeff Salter Topic: Serialized stories, such as Kindle Vella and Crazy Maple Studio, have recently become popular. Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories? Intro: Consider this quote … Continue reading →

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Sharing Your Story a Bit at a Time

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Patricia Kiyono

I supplied the topic for this week: Serialized stories, such as those offered through Kindle Vella, have recently become popular. Would you consider publishing a serialized version of one of your stories?  My motivation for pursuing this topic is the … Continue reading →

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“Socially” Acceptable

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

I thought of the topic of the week, “How do you use social media and how has it changed”, when I found myself on one platform more and more, one that I never expected to connect with folks through:  YouTube.  … Continue reading →

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The Keeper of Lost Things

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

 As I often do, I looked for something to break up the series I was listening to and found a gem. Apparently, this book was a big hit when it was published at the end of 2017. I believe that … Continue reading →

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