SkipJack congratulates Pamela Fagan Hutchins for winning the 2017 Silver Falchion for Best Adult Mystery with her heartfelt and suspenseful Fighting for Anna. We hope you enjoy this inspirational post from Pamela. Writers often get asked where they write and what inspires them. My answer has always been that I like to write outside. Pedantic, though true […]
Category: Inspirational
3 Ways Less Creates More for Your Writing
From time to time, you should take stock of your life for situations that no longer serve you or your writing, then let them go. Even activities you once loved. Doing so will help your creative process overall. Recently, I shared how I’ve given up the last of my regular guest posts on huge writing blogs. The […]
How to Stretch Yourself as a Writer (without breaking)
Back in the day, my brother had a Stretch Armstrong doll that we loved as kids. He’d yank that poor guy one way and I’d pull him the other way until we s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d him as far as we could. We thought it was hysterical and spent hours torturing playing with him. Sometimes, I feel like Stretch Armstrong. Writers […]
August 2018 Novelists Retreat in the Bighorn Mountains with Bestselling Author
Hi Y’all: SkipJack followers (and your clients, friends, and family), y’all get early dibs on the August 2018 novelists retreat at our (Eric and Pamela’s) new Wyoming Snowheresville, a big ole former B&B! It’s a pretty awesome place and area! This retreat is going to focus on productivity and craft, but the nighttime conversations will be […]
Learn how to be a writing, publishing, and marketing rockstar.
Join the SkipJack Online School for courses as inexpensive as the free “5 Simple Tips to Sell a Ton of Books” to $5 individual classes or $50 for the whole writing, publishing, and marketing bundle. Selections below. Taught by the best-selling, Silver Falchion-winning, What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes-writing mystery author, Pamela Fagan Hutchins. Click images […]
Kobo Writing Life Podcast – Indie Publishing with Pamela Fagan Hutchins
If you follow this blog, you know I’m a big fan of Kobo, for their international presence, their forward-mindedness with indie authors, and the human touch to their service. You can read about those things HERE and HERE. I am also blessed to have spent time with Christine Munroe with Kobo Writing Life. She presented at the […]
Writing Prep: A Hammer Works Until You Need a Wrench
Blog followers: our website was hacked and crashed. We apologize for the inconvenience. Here’s the blog post none of you got to read earlier this week. One of the focal points of the writing retreat I hosted August 7-9 was how to get past the dreaded sagging middle. The first few novels I wrote fell […]
Readers’ Favorite Gold Medalist: R.L. Nolen
Congratulations to SkipJack author Rebecca “R.L.” Nolen for her gold medal in the 2016 Readers’ Favorites for her thriller, Deadly Thyme. We are so proud she’s one of us! To see what she has to say about contests, read her post on taking advantage of these golden opportunities.
How to Sell a Ton of Books in 5 Simple Steps
So you’ve written a book. It’s for sale on Amazon, your own little Field of Dreams. You’ve strong-armed everyone you know, and they’ve all promised to buy it. To read it. To review it. Only they haven’t, and it’s not selling. Meanwhile, your mother’s told everyone and their three-legged dog about her son the author. Her […]
Next SkipJack Retreat Announcement!
October 7-9, 2016 “Just Do It” Writers Retreat (Focus: Finishing, Revising, and Doing It Again) Join award-winning, best-selling author Pamela Fagan Hutchins in the Texas Hill Country—only 1.5 hours from Houston and Austin—for a two-day weekend writer’s retreat. “A breakthrough weekend for me.” David Welling “I learned an enormous amount of useful information in a short […]