The following are articles about the publishing life written for InPrint, the monthly publication of the Houston Bay Area Chapter of Romance Writers of America.
Four-Letter Words That Can Make Your Career Sink or Soar
It’s a Business
It’s a Family
Promoting Yourself
The Devil Is In the Details
The Wow Factor
Working with an Editor
Dollars and Sense
Why Make It Into a Series?
The Book Signing Fantasy
Hurry Up and Wait
Patience Won’t Kill You
Reading Your Own Reviews
Resistance
The Secret Handshake
What About An Agent?
Know Your Audience
Celebrate Milestones
Burn Out
Distractions
Burn Out: The Cure
Paying It Forward
Giving Up or Giving In
Playing Smart
Swag
Deadlines
Critics
Why You Need an Editor
So How’s Your Writing Going?
Influences
Still Learning
A Meeting at RWA
Reading the Signs
Why I can Laugh at
Blonde Jokes
The First Page
Starting Over
Clearing the Clutter
Control
Authors Are People, Too
Professional Jealousy
Technology – Friend or Foe?
Distractions
Check the Attitude
Blessings
Commitment
Hooking the Reader
Professional Jealousy
Letting Go
Slogging Through
(or Commitment Part 2)
Still Learning
Release Day
In the Company of Writers
Mastering the Craft… Or Not
Voice Lessons
The Exploding YA Market
Rookie Mistakes
Priorities
Priorities, the Shift
Confidence
Why You Need to Know
Craft
Karaoke Writing
On the Road Again…
Why You Need a Plot
Respect
Self-Starters
Why I Stick with RWA
Writing What You Know
When to Give Up
My Love-Hate Relationship with Self Publishing
It’s All in Your Perspective
Gerry Bartlett 