Saturday, March 21, 2026

Series Or Standalones


  Hello, my new authors. Here's the question: Are you writing a standalone story or a series? I keep reading where it's best to write a series. So that way, the readers keep coming back for more of your work. But what happens if you don't have a series in you to write and only a standalone? I personally started with writing short stories, then I branched out into stand-atones. Although I have a problem with writing too many words for my stories. One I'm working on now has 322,000 words in it. Which I'm attempting to cut down to at least under 100,00 words. I know I write a lot.  I have to learn to cut back and to cut out unnecessary words. But I'm just starting, and that will probably happen to you too. Anyway, I say start writing short stories, then graduate to a standalone book of say 50,000 words or less and see how you do. As long as you have written something.  That's all that matters. Writing is an ongoing learning process. It will take time to get good at it, so be patient and just enjoy the craft.

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Saturday, March 7, 2026

inspiration


  Hello, my new writers and authors. Happy March. Where do you get your inspiration for your stories? Don't judge me, but I'm a big fan of the series Love Kills. You know the show that has series like Southern Kills, My Crazy Ex-boyfriend, Who the heck did I marry, Scored Women, Wives with Knives, For My Man. Stories like that. Call me crazy, but people do some crazy stuff for money and just because. Which I find makes good short story ideas. You just don't realize all the things people do that can make a good story.  I'm not the kind of person who has good stories just come off the top of their head like some. So, I need a little help. Some people say to read the newspapers for inspiration. I tried that. The newspaper is too depressing for me, and the stories in the paper don't inspire me to write. But watching other people while I'm out doing stuff or watching a good series can inspire me. So, what inspires you to write?

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The Horrors Of Amazon Kindle

  Hello , my new writers/authors, I have not yet finished writing my backlog; that's what I'm working on for 2026. To get a backlog ...