Happy Friday, Writers! It’s Day Two of National Novel Writing Month. I hope day one went well for you and that all the words are flowing smoothly. I ended the night last night with 3,021 words. I was hoping to reach four thousand, but I was worn out from staying up late the night before... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday, Writers! Welcome to another Free Topic Friday! Today we are reviewing some of the publishing options for writers who are interested in self-publishing their work instead of going the traditional route. Createspace Createspace started in 2007, Amazon’s self-publishing arm lets users publish e-books for Kindle, as well as paperbacks. The books are sold... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year, Writers! Today’s Motivation Monday obviously falls on New Year’s Day, so The New Year is what we are focusing on today. The New Year is all about letting go of the past and starting over fresh. Making new goals and creating a new and improved you. In our case, we are letting... Continue Reading →
Free Topic Friday is just that – a day that we are free to discuss any writing topic. From How-Tos, to writing advice, publishing, journaling, blogging, anything! This will be a weekly blogpost just like our Motivation Mondays and Write About It Wednesdays. Our first topic for Free Topic Friday is: Flash Fiction.Unless you are... Continue Reading →
No writing is wasted. There is purpose for every word you write. Whether you publish your work, whether your work is just for you. Whether it’s journaling, blogging, or poetry. There is a purpose behind all of it. Creativity. Expression. Practice. Growth. Passion. Authors who publish their work often must “kill their darlings,” or cut... Continue Reading →
My new book Insomnia was released on October 16, 2017. Insomnia is a collection of poetry by author Michelle C. Hillstrom. It is at night when we lay in the dark, waiting to fall asleep, that our thoughts can drift off and begin thinking about the things we try to push away in the light... Continue Reading →
Something exciting has just happened. A possible new opportunity to grow my writing career and reach more people with my novels. I belong to a Facebook book club called “Lady Leathernecks & Paperbacks,” (a Female Marine Book Club), and one of the members posted asking if any of the other members were writers. (Hello! Yours... Continue Reading →
I’ve seen this question posed in several writing groups lately by people who want to become writers, “How do you start writing?” As if there is some top-secret magic trick that we writers have been holding out on the world. The secret is... you just start writing. That’s it. If you want to write, you... Continue Reading →
I’ve been trying to focus on Marketing and making more book sales. For the next seven days “A Kiss of Betrayal: Élisabet’s Story (Book Three of The Kiss Series)” will be on sale for $2.99 marked down from $4.99. I’ve been basically spamming every writing and reading group that I belong to on Facebook with... Continue Reading →
Today's blog topic is why self-publishing may or may not be for you. I personally chose to self-publish because the most important thing to me is getting my books into the hands of readers. I want to write and share my stories with the world. For me, being an author isn’t about the prestige of... Continue Reading →
Michelle C. Hillstrom - Author 