Category Archives: Self publishing

There’s a Reason I’ve Been Mostly Quiet…

Posted by Joanne Huspek

It has to do with the fact that I’ve been busy getting my novel ready for release. Can we say “YAY” or SQUEE? Or sympathize and pray for my soul? 🙂 Yes, I’ve decided to publish FINDING CADENCE myself and … Continue reading →

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Writing: On Which I Yield to the Idea of a Muse

Posted by Joanne Huspek

A long, long time ago (holy cow, five years ago!), I wrote this article about kicking my muse to the curb. Thanks to a workshop at the San Francisco Writers Conference this year, I have changed my mind. When I … Continue reading →

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Sparks Fly During The San Francisco Writers Conference

Posted by Joanne Huspek

It had to happen. After weeks of Internet back and forth on the self-publishing versus traditionally publishing options (which kind of blossomed into WWIII), with articles like this,  and this, and this monstrosity of a blog post that took me … Continue reading →

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Writing, Editing, and Twelve Days to the San Francisco Writers Conference

Posted by Joanne Huspek

For some reason, I felt that 2013 was a banner year in my writing endeavors. Never mind that it took me the entire year to re-work and re-edit my first manuscript…even though that was a major undertaking full of major … Continue reading →

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And Now For the (Semi) Good News…

Posted by Joanne Huspek

As you know, I’m lucky enough to have a permanent editor, i.e. my Editor for Life. He’s a nice guy, is personable, does good work. Seems to even care about me. 🙂 I also take online classes (currently taking a … Continue reading →

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I Dream, Therefore I Write

Posted by Joanne Huspek

One of the bad things about getting old(er) is that it seems I don’t dream quite as often as I used to. I used to have so many dreams, so vivid in place and time and persons, that I kept … Continue reading →

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Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Can you believe we’re already into the second week of October? With the current edit, I’ve been neglecting this blog (The original deadline for edit completion was the end of February. Then the end of July. Then the end of … Continue reading →

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