Writing one book at a time can be hard enough. But what if you want to juggle two? This is my favorite way to work for productivity, but I will discuss the perils and pitsfalls, and tips for making it work well.
2025-12-27 18:15:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again! Please let me know if there are any topics you'd love for me to cover in January! After a few days I will gather them all into a poll. Thank you!!
I will also be posting the first of the December members videos in a separate post shortly, and the second one will drop next week before the new year. ...
2025-12-27 18:08:32 +0000 UTC View PostLate with this again, but hopefully not for much longer. I'm not listing on Ebay anymore, except for a few stragglers that need boxes, but it's the sales that are killing me during the Christmas season. I thought those Thanksgiving weekend sales were going to do me in. Packing from lunch until 11 pm, then back up and packing ...
2025-12-04 00:15:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
I mention this in the video, but just for those of you who don't watch this one, once again it was a very close race for what videos to do for members-only, so I will be doing the top 4 in some order across November and December.
I chose this one first because it was easiest to blab about! And I am...
2025-11-22 18:05:27 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
I just have a spare moment, which I've had VERY few of lately, so I wanted to give you all a quick update! As most of you know, in October I realized that if I really wanted to achieve the great purge of our possessions before we moved, I needed to get it all listed SOON. I know from experience, it takes ...
2025-11-17 04:56:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis was a big topic, because there are so many different ways a scene can be boring, or become interesting, but I tried to think of some common issues I've had and went through some scenes I worried could be boring while writing them and how I planned them out to (hopefully) avoid that problem.
I hope it is helpful and...
2025-10-30 00:05:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again! Please let me know of any and all topics you would like to see for the members only video poll!
2025-10-21 23:18:47 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the first October members video! I break down how much I've made this year so far between book sales, Youtube and memberships. This does not including Ebay sales since those are finite and going into the "moving fund", although if I wasn't selling all this stuff on Ebay I also would have gotten a subsidy for my health in...
2025-10-11 20:21:06 +0000 UTC View PostIn which I answer a viewer question about how many hours I write and whether it's better to have a schedule or block out large chunks of time...among other things! I had more to say than I expected!
2025-10-01 02:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
My new book, Wanted: Brooding Man, Tragic Past is out this week!
It’s now in paperback on Amazon and on wide retailers!
It actually released on Monday and I have done this book absolutely dirty as far as marketing it. P...
2025-09-26 01:43:45 +0000 UTC View PostI talk about the struggles and benefits of decluttering my bookshelves, show off the absolute terrors of the basement, and do a little theoretical house hunting in Baltimore.
I don't SEE anything embarrassing in the background of this video & I also don't want to encourage looking too hard, LOL, but the basement i...
It's still August somewhere...isn't it? Maybe?
Well, I was close.
By the way, the poll for the September videos was, once again, VERY close. The clear winner was:
Time management and how many hours I spend working!
But then we had a two-way tie for second place between:
As usual I got a really interesting list of topics. Vote for the ones you would like to see!
2025-08-25 03:03:57 +0000 UTC View PostMy routines have changed over the years, as my life and goals change, but one thing remains the same…I HATE mornings.
2025-08-19 23:36:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again! Let me know if there are any video topics for members only videos you'd like to see for September! I'll run a poll in a week or so!
2025-08-19 15:32:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The Una/Varrie book now has a title, cover, and preorder! (Some vendors aren't up yet.) This will come out on the autumn equinox and will be perfect for cozy-goth vibes. The video about finishing it and planning the release will come out soon, but for now, check it out and if you'd like to be on the ARC team, drop me a messag...
2025-08-15 03:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostI outline the three broad stages of "success" and what to do at each one to try and build on that success or at least hang in there!
2025-07-30 16:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends,
The summer doldrums have arrived. Everything feels slow, including me. This past week officially marked the beginning of too-hot-to-think weather, and yet…I have to think. At least some of the time.
I got to the very end of the Una and Varrie book, and then my brain just…crapped out on it. I don...
2025-07-11 21:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostI had a surprising amount of fun with this topic, even though perimenopause SUCKS. (But it's not all I talk about! I swear!)
2025-07-11 00:38:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
I apologize for the delay in the June member video, but it’s here now and I will have two more for July.
I hope you’re having a good weekend. Sure, I’m worried about the future of the country, and indeed the world since the environmentalist in me hasn’t felt great about much of anything in a...
2025-07-04 19:09:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
A quick update for paid members: I owe y'all one more video for June. This video has been recorded, as have both July videos, so they are all coming for sure. I'm running a little late because I am nearly at the end of the Una and Varrie book and my brain is actually working this week. My haywire midlife ...
2025-06-30 21:26:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe second June video will be up next week, and in the meantime, let me know which of these you would like to see for July. I allowed multiple choice this time, because I just realized you can do that, and there are two videos per month after all.
2025-06-19 00:34:59 +0000 UTC View PostIn this month’s video I discuss exactly how many copies I sold on what vendors, how much I made, how I marketed (and why I chose that route), and how I’m feeling about this release!
—Lidiya
2025-06-12 01:13:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
First, a couple people have called to my attention that the Potion Dealers paperback was missing a paragraph at the end of Chapter 10. The missing text reads:
“and imagined him having an airplane toy as a child. He was probably a curious kid who asked a lot of questions. She noticed again that he...
2025-06-07 00:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostI had a request to do one about plagiarism! Does it happen? Should you worry about it? While beginning writers tend to worry about this more than they need to, there are still moments where I get protective...
2025-05-24 01:05:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
I just wanted to give a few updates about my books.
First, Amazon is changing their royalty structure and reducing royalties on paperbacks priced under $9.99 from 50% to 60%. This means on June 1st, I will be raising the price of all my low-priced paperbacks. If you have been considering buying any ...
2025-05-23 02:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
It’s been a very busy month. I apologize for severe lapses in email and comment response. I’m overwhelmed and I think I should probably take a day off today. I’ve been in writing hyperfocus mode where it’s hard to stop, while also marketing my books including trying to learn the Ways of BookTok fo...
2025-05-19 15:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
One of the request videos for May was just to give you all a big pep talk! As I watched it back I think I could have actually said some other things too, there is an endless amount of pepping to be done, isn’t there? But hopefully it is helpful to someone out there.
Hello friends!
First, thank you all for an amazing launch week for the Potion Dealers. It’s sold over 100 copies, and that isn’t a ton, but for a book like this…it kind of is. In previous versions of this book I struggled to sell 200 copies TOTAL, while spending hundreds on advertising that wiped out all my profit...
2025-05-07 01:56:28 +0000 UTC View Post
