Archive - The Bird's Eye

How do you start all over again?

A proof-of-life dispatch from the trenches of a first draft, on finding community in a new city, and more.

Dec 31, 2024 •

February 2024

Prizes, Awards, & Good News for SKIN

Beyond superlatives, awards can help create your novel's "long tail" of success.

Feb 8, 2024 •

December 2023

Winter Solstice: A Hope for the Return of the Light, and the Story of an Elusive Darwish Translator

It's a small world, until it isn't.

Dec 21, 2023 •

November 2023

Six Tasks to Keep Momentum in the After

Or, a few things I'm grateful for, six months after THE SKIN AND ITS GIRL's release

Nov 22, 2023 •

October 2023

September 2023

How to Use Your Author Website During Book Year

You might use it more than anyone else will, so let's call it self-care.

Sep 12, 2023 •

July 2023

Doing Public Events

Post 2 of 2 on publicity, a.k.a., the author performance

Jul 12, 2023 •

June 2023

pub•lic•i•ty (1) : the quality or state of being exposed to the general view

Mega-post 1 of 2 on book publicity, indie publicists, book reviews, and author events.

Jun 6, 2023 •

May 2023

A reasonably comprehensive guide to working with everyone on your publishing team.

Or anybody, really, when you're still figuring out what the heck you're doing.

May 2, 2023 •

April 2023

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