by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac You’ve done it! You wrote a book. You found an agent and house. You independently published. Either way, you have a book you can hold in your hands or scroll on your phone and now the question is—how do you find readers?  Enter reader groups! One…

by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac Like many of you, concentration has been difficult lately. So has joy. There are simply times when your creative well runs dry—and that’s not even taking all the extenuating circumstances of this year into account.  One of the best habits I’ve set for myself during this…

by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac The first time I heard about flash fiction was at my first BRMCWC. I was unpublished, unknown, and unaware of how much I didn’t know about writing and publishing. But a story in 1000 words or less? I knew I could do that. Mostly because I…

by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac I hear there are writers who choose this profession because it means they only have to talk to fictional people.  I’ve never actually met any of these supposed writers. Every writer I know loves to talk to other writers—and not just about writing. Sure we talk…

by Lindsey Brackett @LindsBrac Terry Kay told me once I am too young to write true southern fiction. Perhaps he’s right. I didn’t live through the first civil rights movement, and while I remember when we got our first VCR, I don’t remember the year the lights came on.  But…

by Lindsey Bracket @LindsBrac Back in the days of face-to-face classes, I took a workshop at a writer’s studio with Joshilyn Jackson, a NYT bestselling author. I’ve long admired her work and her kindness—Joss is actually one of the first writers who embraced me as a newbie, offering valuable advice.…