Over the last decade and a half, I have merged my love of writing, endless fascination with human psychology, and my experience working in design, marketing, and advertising into this little thing I call Platform Genres. What is a platform genre? I have been working in advertising, branding, design, and publishing for over a decade. […]
Navigate your publishing career with confidence and resilience by having a clear idea of your goals, ambitions, and visions. When you know what you’re working toward, all your choices and decisions become more clear. The Pathfinder guide makes it simple, straightforward, and most importantly…fun.
Navigate your publishing career with confidence and resilience by having a clear idea of your goals, ambitions, and visions. Stop copying the bestsellers, and start blazing your own trail to success. The Pathfinder guide makes it simple, straightforward, and most importantly…fun.
Navigate your publishing career with confidence and resilience by having a clear idea of your goals, ambitions, and visions. Each journey is individual but understanding these three steps is crucial to building the fiction writing career of your dreams. The Pathfinder guide makes it simple, straightforward, and most importantly…fun.
Waypoint Author Academy is your first step on the journey to becoming a confident writer and savvy business person. Because whether you’re blazing your own trail in self publishing, or are pursuing the well trodden traditional route, at the end of the day you are still in a business. Here at Waypoint our goal is […]
Over and over I see people agonizing over word choices and commas before their story is figured out. Or beta readers marking copy edit style edits when the author doesn’t yet know if their story works–or if the scene the reader is editing will even make the final cut of the novel. This is why […]
Are you releasing your book while you’re in the process of writing your first draft? If so, you could be killing your creativity and stunting your book’s progression from idea to full story. Self-published authors have a lot to consider, from book concept to publication. That means it’s a little too easy for us to […]
There are three main ingredients when it comes to building your fiction career: Mindset, Business, and Craft. All three of these must work together, inform each other, and drive your strategies. If you only focus on one or two (you’d be amazed at how many authors only pay attention to one), you’ll never reach your […]
Over the last decade and a half, I have merged my love of writing, endless fascination with human psychology, and my experience working in design, marketing, and advertising into this little thing I call Platform Genres. What is a platform genre? I have been working in advertising, branding, design, and publishing for over a decade. […]
We wanted to show our readers what a typical Waypoint Newsletter looks like. This was our most recent, which we wanted to stretch far and wide: Thinking about your story is important. Working things out in your head like plot, setting, pacing, characterization IS writing. So don’t beat yourself up or feel stressed out if […]
Navigate your publishing career with confidence and resilience by having a clear idea of your goals, ambitions, and visions. When you know what you’re working toward, all your choices and decisions become more clear. The Pathfinder guide makes it simple, straightforward, and most importantly…fun.
Productivity is at the forefront of everyone’s mind this month. How can we crush 2020 and dream big and get more—health, money, happiness, and so on? What do we need to DO to get where we want to go? I’m here with a different question for you today. Who do you need to BE to […]
I love STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron. I recommend it for everyone who is a writer or wants to be a writer. But I especially recommend Story Genius for those authors who want to be traditionally published, receive requests for full manuscripts from agents and/or publishers, but keep getting pass letters. This book will help you […]
Welcome back to a segment called Thanks, Tips, where I break down vague publishing advice and make it more transparent or actionable for you. This installment looks at the phrase Know Your Genre and helps you to understand what it means and how to do it. Phase One The simplest iteration of this is you […]
Navigate your publishing career with confidence and resilience by having a clear idea of your goals, ambitions, and visions. Stop copying the bestsellers, and start blazing your own trail to success. The Pathfinder guide makes it simple, straightforward, and most importantly…fun.
