Month: January 2021

• Six YouTube Channels I Watch When I Should Be Writing

  April: 2020. I unplugged my television. Hopefully for the last time. I was tired of commercials, tired of the news, and tired of politics. Not only that, but I never had a smart tv, or good internet. So buying one just to watch YouTube or stream seemed pointless. I’m four months shy of one year […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  23 Jan 2021

  The Blog, The Writing Journey

  Aaron and Claire, channel, distractions, drama, emkfit, entertainment, 냥숲nyangsoop, Korean, Korean cooking, Lifestyle, Peter Monn, planD플랜디, Time Team, YouTube, YouTube Channel

• Three New-To-Me Authors

  What do all these authors have in common? They each have newly published releases within the past few years, and it was only by reading more in 2020 did I stumble across their collective works. Let me begin by sharing a quick gripe I have with Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited. Their suggestions love sticking to one […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  16 Jan 2021

  All About Them Books, The Blog

  Adult Fiction, Amazon, books, books books books, Courting Trouble, Deeanne Gist, Discovering Grace, ebooks, histfic, historical fiction, Joanna Barker, Kindle, Love on the Line, Mr. Gardiner and the Governess, NA, New Adult, On My Bookshelf, Otherwise Engaged, Regency, Romance, Sally Britton, Saving Miss Everly, Secrets and Suitors, shelfie, YA, Young adult

• Five Question Interview Series // The 2021 Edition

  It’s the most wonderful time of the year ~~ tax time! Okay, I jest. But I am glad 2021 is here, and that 2020 is finally over. Now that it’s January, it’s time to plan this year’s Five Question Interview series. Every Wednesday from February through April, one interview a week will go up, highlighting […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  3 Jan 2021

  The Blog, The Writing Journey

  Alex Donahue, Assaph Mehr, Author Interviews, authors, Beth Overmyer, editors, Five Question Interviews, interviews, Jeni Carll-Tong, Jessica Lewis, John Taylor, KM Weiland, Maria Tureaud, Michelle Rascon, Paulette Kennedy, writing community

• Why Maintaining a Website is Worth the Effort

  Guess what? It’s a new year. Loosen up, give yourself a break, and recognize that you’re totally worth it. Not just as a person, but as an individual entity within the great big writing community. Whatever it is you’re doing – editing, mentoring, writing, publicizing, agenting, etc. – do it to the best of your […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  1 Jan 2021

  The Blog, The Writing Journey

  2021 Goals, blogging, KM Weiland, Networking, niches, social media, Website, writing community

• My Writing Goals for 2021

  In 2019 I gave myself seven writing goals to accomplish by this time, this year. I completed every single one of them! Ha, no. That would be a lie *insert clip of Maury reading lie detector results in front of a live audience.* The shutdowns in early 2020 really put a damper on my earliest […]

  The Pittsburgh Writer

  1 Jan 2021

  The Blog, The Writing Journey

  2021 Goals, Fiction, goals, projects, Writer’s Life, Writing, writing community, writing goals, Writing Process