Category: Success

Give Up! Why Your Genre is Probably Stupid

Space books? Dumb. Sexy books. Dumb. Westerns? Obviously dumb. Self-help? Why would I waste time on just how dumb those are.

Rejection: What is REALLY in Control?

darkest moment, fiction, Kristen Lamb

Rejection can be so devastating, that the emotional impact registers the same as physical pain. How do we get up? And keep getting up?

What Do You Call a Writer Who Never Reads?

What do we call a writer who doesn’t read? Is it even possible to be a good writer without also being a prolific reader?

To the Pain: Is Writing a Career or a Hobby?

Pain is simply part of life. We have little control over most of what happens to us. This is true in life and in publishing.

Self-Sabotage: I Don’t Deserve Success

Self-sabotage is something most writers are likely familiar with. We just about get in the habit of working on the WIP and then suddenly we put everyone and everything ahead of finishing that book.