I Laugh At Your Rejection

by C.S. Wilde | Jun 29, 2015 | Editing, Lifestyle, Marketing, Publishing, Revising, Things I saw on the Internet, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing craft

A few months ago, I sent my last query letter to an agent. I knew I wanted to get my work out there, but it was clear as day it wouldn’t be through the traditional way, so I focused on indie publishing. As time passed, I got more and more excited about publishing my...

My Characters have Faces. Sometimes.

by C.S. Wilde | Jun 21, 2015 | Marketing, Publishing, series, Things I saw on the Internet, Uncategorized, Writing

As a writer, I constantly come across pictures that resemble the people who live in my head. For example: There was this perfume ad which perfectly captured John and Santana BOTH (AT THE SAME TIME!) and I was like WTF Hugo Boss, get out of my head! And then there was...

She Has Facebook and Twitter and Stuff

by C.S. Wilde | Jun 13, 2015 | Marketing, Publishing, Things I saw on the Internet, Uncategorized, Writing

               “And stuff” would mean Goodreads, in case you’re wondering. Click on the buttons to connect!

Holy Schnitzel, an Award!

by C.S. Wilde | Jun 10, 2015 | Marketing, Publishing, Things I saw on the Internet, Uncategorized, Writing

I’ve gotten a few awards at my other blog (PRINCESS KICKASS). This is awesome because it means people think I deserve an award for what I have to say. After I earned my fifth award in the same week though, I stopped bragging about it, otherwise people would...

No Blog Views or Comments? Read this.

by C.S. Wilde | Jun 1, 2015 | Marketing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing craft

So here I am, scrolling down my WordPress reader feed, sorting through the posts with the tag “Writing”, and then I find a bunch of brilliant writing with zero likes or comments. Seriously, there’s a bunch of talented authors out there who are simply...

WTF John Scalzi! (Pure Awesomeness!)

by C.S. Wilde | May 26, 2015 | Marketing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing craft

So this happened. Yup, John Scalzi closed a ten year deal (thirteen books) for 3.4 Million with Tor Books, and that’s FANTASTIC!  Kudos to you John Scalzi, and keep being awesome! However, a lot of people out there (mostly writers) are saying that $261 k per...