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The Hot Mess of Building/Finding Your Tribe

You every want something so bad you can taste it? You can feel it in your bones? That’s how I feel about my writing career.

self publishing, publishing, writing, blog, socialJohanna PolancoJuly 1, 2022writing, writers, commitments, helpful, motivation, authors, indie authorsComment

The Hot Mess of Beta Readers

I read the rest of the review and immediately knew that this reader would give THE GIVING TREE a bad review. Out of the two pages of feedback, I literally took out the one thing they offered that was constructive.

blog, self publishing, publishing, writingJohanna PolancoJune 3, 2022blog, beta readers, writing, self-pub, self-publishing, reviews, advice, how-to, books, authors, writersComment

The hot mess of choosing a publishing platform

Because I was lazy and the reviews were great among authors, I decided that ten minutes of research was enough for me to make my decision.