by Karen Smith | Jul 2, 2024 | Blog
Every industry has deadlines; some are more flexible than others. For a freelancer, deadlines are sacred. If you guarantee delivery by a certain time and/or date, then you’d better do whatever it takes to meet that deadline. Your reputation depends on it. How do...
by Karen Smith | May 28, 2024 | Blog
My son, Brian, is embarking upon the next phase of adulthood: fatherhood. That means I’m going to be a grandmother. Brian and the mother-to-be have already determined what my husband and I will be called: Nonna and Papa. I prefer Nonna to Granny, so I’m...
by Karen Smith | May 7, 2024 | Blog
It’s a truism that you must spend money to make money, although a lot of people substitute skill and effort for money. It’s been my experience that if you need skill, effort, and money to successfully market any product, and a reduction of any of those is...
by Karen Smith | Apr 2, 2024 | Blog
Yes, Virginia, there is a process to publishing. Whether you pursue traditional publishing or self-publish the process begins with the same first two steps: Write the story. That’s self-explanatory. If you don’t write the story, there’s nothing to...
by Karen Smith | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog
I enjoy cozy mysteries, especially if they have cats as main characters. The Crazy, VA (Lil & Boris) series by Shannon Hill is a great example. Over the past week, I started reading two new mystery series. The first takes place in the Roaring Twenties. I enjoyed...
