Lori’s blog talks about her writing journey and shares perspectives, insights, and book reviews.
You can also check out her personal blog, Suburban Dirt, where she writes about the trials and tribulations of being a working mom in suburbia, as well as a broad set of topics like parenting, aging, music, and travel.
Reboots, Rediscovery, and Maintaining Hope
It has been more than a year since I finally released my novel “Daredevil” into the world. I learned quite a lot through the adventure of self-publishing from hiring an editor and cover designer, formatting for both e-book and paperback versions, and reaching out to the world of Bookstagram and BookTok to promote the novel. …
More Lessons Learned Since Publishing My Novel
In the three months or so since I published my novel “Daredevil”, I’ve continued to learn a ton about the world of independent publishing. Prior to launching my book, I thought I had a pretty good idea of the women’s fiction landscape, my target audience, and – with my background in PR and marketing –…
What I’ve Learned From Publishing My Novel So Far
It has been nearly three months since my novel “Daredevil” that I’d been writing, editing, putting aside for long periods of time, agonizing over, and then finally picking back up again, was published. I knew that taking the non-traditional route of self-publishing meant that I would need to be my own PR/Marketing machine and I…
It’s Finally Here!
It’s still hard for me to process the fact that after nearly 20 years of writing, putting it aside, editing, shelving it, and then returning to it, my novel is finally out in the world. It has been a long road to get to this point. I started Daredevil during one of the busiest periods…
So You Say You’re Going to Self-Publish…The Obstacles Along the Way
So you decide you’re going to self-publish your novel….but turns out, it’s not that simple. As I’ve mentioned before in this blog, after setting aside my novel for a number of years, I decided to jump back into writing – as much as my work schedule will allow, that is – and move forward with…
The Rejections That Inspired Me
As mentioned before in this blog, I spent a few years (almost 10) working on a novel that I plan to publish in the near future. But before I came to the conclusion that putting the novel out there myself was the right thing to do, I spent a good year pitching it via the…
Awakening a Dormant Desire
It started with a visit to a hypnotherapist. For a lifelong skeptic, this is not a natural occurrence. After the birth of my first daughter, I’d developed a raging, debilitating fear of flying that didn’t mesh well with my need to travel for work (never mind the “pleasure” trips to Sweden to visit my husband’s…
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