Fab Flittering Fun

Boulders painfully placed around our pond, and the “view” was coming together. After frequent trips to the garden centers, our plans changed. We needed to have an arbor, a gazebo, to help prevent the beautiful sun from creating more skin cancer. As my husband situated several bags of cement and multiple bundles of treated lumber

Help! I’ve Writer’s Block

Help! I’ve Writers Block. Writer’s Block is a condition in which an author isn’t able to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown. Time passing without production is an element, motivation to create something fresh, and sometimes fear of failure. If an author is experiencing writer’s block, the struggle is subjective and each individual

Author Blindness: An Editor’s Impairment

Yep…I’ve had this malady and I’m here to tell you I don’t care for the inability to function at 100! What is author blindness? One editor, from my publishing houses, rose to the occasion and explained blindness occurs when the author has read a manuscript so many times, she/he doesn’t see/find/catch errors. Blast! As if

The Art of Writing

TRUE LIES Would you rather your critique partner or an editor/ agent tell you a lie or the truth? Or a true lie? Good day, my name is jj Keller. I write suspense, paranormal and urban fantasy. You can find excerpts and information about me and my work: https://www.romancewithjjkeller.wordpress.com Trade Agreement is a suspense being published

Organic Modern: Marketing for the author

As a multi-published author, I embrace and dread marketing. Don’t get me wrong, I adore being creative; however, writing a story is different from trying to share, convince people to read the book. Authors put a little of their organic soul into their work. Social media is necessary for promoting the book and getting sales

Steve Manchester: Fans Don’t Buy Books

Last night one of my publishers hosted the infamous Steve Manchester with his recent release Bread-Bags-Bullies-Surviving the 80s.  I’m not a chat type person, but Steve Manchester has a similar background and reading interests as I do and I wanted to network. As a multi-published author I anticipated not learning anything new and as expected