by admin | Nov 23, 2019 | 2019, Asengana, Writing life
Six months with a team of eight people in a company. The chat app had a #random channel where you could write stuff not related to work. Six months and 200,000 words later, yes, you read correctly: 200k. I was looking at the screen, wondering about the meaning of time...
by admin | Oct 27, 2019 | 2019, Asengana, Writing life
Disclaimer:This article is not for fragile egos. Words can hurt.If in doubt and a double-espresso will brighten your day, keep reading.If you’re one of us, a thick skinned writer who takes work seriously, this article is for your amusement. 1. Time Your reason: I...
by admin | Aug 17, 2019 | 2019, Asengana, Writing life
In every social approach (Facebook / Twitter posts, even paid ads) of writers promoting their new published books, there is an unspoken / unwritten expectation: read my book. Furthermore, the promotion is often for a free download or a discounted price. Let’s assume...
by admin | Jul 30, 2019 | 2019, Asengana, Writing life
What makes a bestseller? It’s not the quality of writing. It’s how many copies it sells. If a book is marketed well, published at the right time, and becomes a bestseller, we assume that it is some inherent quality of the text. Let’s stop here and now and accept the...
by admin | Jul 25, 2019 | 2019, Asengana, Writing life
I heard this quite often. A writer defining his market as enormous with hundreds of thousands of people hungry for his words. Science fiction, romance, crime, and so on. First image that come to mind is that writer in boat looking at me standing on the shore while he...
by admin | Jul 17, 2019 | 2019, Asengana, Writing life
There are a few writers’ conventions where I go every year. A good learning experience and networking. Most times is hard to get the writers talking and interacting with you. Especially when you want to talk with as many professional writers as you can about how they...
