Finding Your Perfect Writing Atmosphere

By Dorian Box A friend asked where and how I like to write. “Let me guess,” she said. “With all the insanity in Psycho-Tropics, an asylum!” “Nope. Tried while I was there, but it was too noisy.” Just kidding. A wealth of articles and blog posts discuss how to create...

Legal Issues Facing Self-Published Fiction Writers

One advantage traditional publishers continue to have over self-publishers is access to legal counsel.  Self-published writers, here we’ll stick with fiction writers, need to be aware of and alert to potential legal issues their words can create.  That’s right.  This...

Writing the Perfect Book Blurb

By Dorian Box The book “blurb.”  That elusive quest to capture 100,000 words and years of work in 100-150 words.  I’ve written blurbs for my nonfiction books and abstracts for numerous scholarly articles, but composing a blurb for my first...

Why Use a Pen Name as a Writer?

By Dorian Box A difficult decision in publishing Psycho-Tropics was whether to use my real name or a pseudonym or “pen name.” There are good reasons and bad reasons for using a pen name.  Bad reasons include thinking you can get away with libeling people...

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