by Mary Winter | Feb 7, 2019 | Personal Writing Life
This is going to be a year of change for me. I can feel it. Not only am I in a completely new place due to the passing of my mother, but also a new place on other levels as well. And so, I’ve been thinking about a lot of things. My writing schedule, my writing...
by Mary Winter | Feb 4, 2019 | My Books
In the kitchen of the restaurant he owned in New York City, he had young apprentices to do much of the chopping and prep work. For the restaurant it worked, after all his sous chef and executive chef were responsible for crafting each evening’s menu. No two nights...
by Mary Winter | Feb 3, 2019 | Book Announcements, My Books
Effie Daniels left nothing to chance. A determined CFO of an internet startup, she counted numbers, weighed the cost against the benefits, and always made the argument for the more frugal option. Which meant she hadn’t made her decision to hire a personal chef...
by Mary Winter | Feb 2, 2019 | Writing Business
I’ve got a file on my desktop that contains a wish list of dates and things that authors need to track when it comes to writing a book. From the first draft to edits done, to cover requested, to even when the book comes out of KDP Select, all those dates and...
by Mary Winter | Feb 1, 2019 | Personal Writing Life
There’s something about six weeks of really shitty mental health (three cheers for being passively suicidal, oh wait, we’re too depressed to cheer…. /snark) that really kills the writing mojo. I thought I had it together. I really did. And then the...
by Mary Winter | Jan 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Disclaimer: This post talks about serious mental health issues. I’m posting here because as a chronic illness/mental health advocate I believe in being real, honest, and transparent. If you are experiencing a crisis such as the one I mention in this post and do...
by Mary Winter | Jan 25, 2019 | My Books, Personal Writing Life
I had an absolute blast writing for the Brotherhood Protectors world last year–so much so that I’ve got new books planned for this year! (Check out the boxed set of all my BHP world books that just came out.) In planning this new series, I realized I...
by Mary Winter | Jan 24, 2019 | Writing Business
In the entrepreneur world there are two concepts–minimally viable product and quick to market–which I see being touted as the next big thing for publishing. Both of which are spun from the “Move Fast, Break Things” school of thought from...
by Mary Winter | Jan 19, 2019 | Personal Writing Life, Writing Craft
My writing resource this week is my playlist. As I put on Il Divo and Amici Forever to listen to while I write my scene set in the Budapest Symphony Orchestra for a new series I’ll be telling you about tomorrow, to me music is life. When I wrote Cowboy Up, I...
by Mary Winter | Jan 12, 2019 | Personal Writing Life
There used to be a weekly confession series on a Facebook page I followed. (They ended it with this past week’s confessions.) One of the posts that really hit me hard was a confession where the author said they felt alone. They didn’t have anyone to talk...