Tag: indie writing.

• Media, Content, Reporting – In the Hands of Individuals. (AKA – Everyone’s going indie)

  One of the sports columnists from my hometown in Pittsburgh, PA recently caused a seismic shift in the sports reporting landscape by going indie. Dejan Kovecivic is an award-winning columnists and sports journalists who grew up in Pittsburgh and spent the last couple decades working for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and then, the last couple of…

  sassevn

  October 7, 2014

  Indie Author

  independent journalism, indie author, indie writing., journalism

• Four Things I Learned About Writing Novels

  Yesterday, I completed the first draft of my fourth novel. Actually, in some ways it’s hard to believe that I’ve written that many novels. It wasn’t too long ago that I had given up entirely on writing and never thought I would ever have even finished one novel. As I reflect on the writing of…

  sassevn

  September 22, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  indie writing., novel writing, writing doubts, writing process

• Writing with the end in sight? Or writing to discover?

  I read an article where an author said they he recommends knowing the last line of your book before knowing the first line. Well, I couldn’t disagree more. I’m not saying his way doesn’t work. It did for him. But it could never work for me. As I mentioned before, I write to discover, not…

  sassevn

  December 18, 2013

  Writing Process

  brainstorming, indie writing., novel writing, writing, writing process

• A Writer Stuck Between Writing Jobs

  I’ve reached one of these rare occasions when all of my writing is finished. Very strange indeed. I typically am in the midst of many writing jobs, which constantly are vying for position, nudging each other out of the way as if to get my attention. And then suddenly, everything is finished. I’ve been writing…

  sassevn

  December 11, 2013

  Indie Author

  between writing jobs, indie writing., novel writing, writing, writing ideas

• An excellent 3000 words …

  I’m just saying … It feels totally great when words flow effortlessly off the keyboard. That has been the reality of this afternoon. Three thousand words and counting (I’m on a short break) on novel three which is now weighing in at about 47,000 words. It’s been SO much fun to see what is happening.…

  sassevn

  July 2, 2013

  What’s Happening

  indie writing., new novel, sasse, third novel, writing