Welcome to the 5 Minutes Series. Each week, I’ll ask five questions of some of my favorite authors, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals. This week I’m talking with Marion Lougheed, the head of Off Topic Publishing. You run a publishing company, Off Topic Publishing. What’s the origin story on that? Well, I wanted to …
Look. I know my novel is important. I know I need to sit down every day and put words into my current work in progress. But I have other things to do! There are short story contests to enter. There’s bad poetry to write. There’s my very demanding Patreon audience. Don’t even get me started …
I’ve been keeping a Patreon page for the past year or so. I have to admit for the most part, my followers there are my closest friends, people who are supporting me because I’m supporting them (essentially canceling each other out), and my mom. (Hi, mom.) I have several tiers – most of my supporters …
By Beth Burnett The Queen’s Guard glares at me again As I cross the street in front of him. Back and forth My hands clasped against my rib cage I’m well aware that I look a fool In my house dress And Doc Martin boots. A fat, flowered widow who can’t let go. Every chime …
I quit smoking ten years ago this month. It was, at that time, the biggest and hardest thing I had ever done. I went cold turkey and I spent the first three months feeling as if I was going to die and the next three months wanting a cigarette every single day. After a year, …
Finnian Burnett 