by Cindy Ervin Huff | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Rebecca Waters When my husband and I decided to retire early, Tom announced he was going to fish and golf every day. “What are you going to do?” he asked me. Now, I like to golf and I fish a little (lay in the sun a bit more) but every day? Not likely. I prayed...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Feb 26, 2019 | Author Interview, Writer's tips
By Donna Schlacter Leeann, my alter ego, and I were chatting the other day. She wanted to know why I created her. “I was writing and hoping to publish in two different genres: historical suspense and contemporary suspense. I didn’t want to confuse my...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Feb 14, 2019 | Writer's musings
As writers we don’t often get fan mail. Our reviews aren’t always kind, some are even cruel. There is no special day set aside–National Novelist Day or National Children’s Writer Day. Our accolades are often few and far between. We may hear a...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized, Writer's tips, Writer's' rights
By Dr. Martin Wiles My rights have been returned! Wait a minute. The rights for two books I signed over to the publishing company. The rights they accepted. Now, they were returning them. What exactly did that mean? That my two books would no longer be...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 29, 2019 | Author Interview, Book Celebration, Uncategorized
Today I welcome Mystery writer Leeann Betts to Jubilee Writer. We are celebrating her newest release Silent Partner, number nine in her cozy mystery series By The Numbers. Silent Partner – The Story Behind the Story By Leeann Betts Readers often ask where I get an...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 22, 2019 | Author Interview, Uncategorized
I am excited to have Author Elaine Marie Cooper back as a guest. She has a wonderful new series Dawn of America. I am fascinated to learn how a series comes to be. Elaine is going to share the birth of her Historical romance with us. Hope you enjoy this peek into the...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized, Writng Tips
Recently, I lost an entire chapter of my novel. A stupid mistake that caused me precious time and lots of angst rewriting. It was agony to redo, when I couldn’t remember those great phrases and dialog I’d labored over weeks before. I remember a few other times I lost...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 10, 2019 | Conference Tips, Marketing tips, Uncategorized, Writng Tips
One area I feel writer’s fall short is preparing ahead for conferences. I mean way ahead. We’re too busy writing and marketing. So, we wait until the last minute to get our act together leaving us anxious and worn out before the opening day. This is January, let’s...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 8, 2019 | Uncategorized, Writer's musings
I’ve got a bee in my bonnet I thought I’d shared today. I love getting endorsements for my books, and I love giving them. But the thing that bugs me; fake endorsement. Readers may stop trusting the endorser. Not what I want as a writer and blogger. The Bee It is...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 3, 2019 | Uncategorized, writing tips
I’ve finally went and done it. Done something I hadn’t planned on doing and avoided for years. Something to encourage me through 2019. I dropped the new year’s resolution thing long ago. We all know we break those by February, a few hangers-on by summer. I’m slow to...
