First Cup of Coffee – March 24, 2023

A report on YouTube monetization (yay!) via putting up audiobooks and thoughts on podcasting ROI. Also why each book is a challenge to write, how to deal with a sagging middle of a novel, and how to improve craft.



Writing Freak-out Moments – And Why You Shouldn’t Freak Out

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Our topic this week at the SFF Seven is “The part of the writing process when I freak out.”

Which… it would be easier to pick a part of the process where we DON’T freak out. Writing seems to depend on freaking out in the same way stage performances feed on nerves. 

But, I do offer my three typical freak-out moments – and why they’re not as bad as we think