Tag Archives: being a writer

7 Years, 2 Million Words, $40,000

Posted on July 9, 2018 by M. H. Lee

That pretty much sums up where I am right now. I started writing for publication seven years ago this month. (Yesterday was the last day on my tracker for year 7.) That’s when I said, “I’m going to write a … Continue reading →

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Priorities

Posted on October 21, 2017 by M. H. Lee

It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m sitting here at my desk trying to motivate myself to work on a story that just doesn’t want to come together. It’s a holiday story so if I want to publish it this year I … Continue reading →

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Lucky Number Seven

Posted on July 10, 2017 by M. H. Lee

This week starts the seventh year of my writing journey. I’m not where I wanted to be, but I’m making forward progress.  And I have to keep in mind that when I started down this path I had heard that … Continue reading →

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I Should Be Happier

Posted on June 14, 2017 by M. H. Lee

I’m sitting here in my own house with pup snoring somewhere down the hallway and my day is completely my own. I can write, I can sit out on the porch and read a book. I’m in good (enough) health.  … Continue reading →

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Writing Rules Are For Shit

Posted on May 11, 2017 by M. H. Lee

So on an agent blog this morning someone had written in to talk about how “bad” J.K. Rowling’s writing is.  I’ll note that they failed to mark the two times in her Harry Potter books she used a really strange … Continue reading →

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Writing Is the Easy Part

Posted on April 20, 2017 by M. H. Lee

I’m weird. I know this.  Things that others like, I hate.  And I’m almost pathological in my negative reaction to being marketed to. I do not like to be sold and I’m very, very sensitive to any signs that it’s … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk Numbers

Posted on March 10, 2017 by M. H. Lee

So, as usual when I know I should be writing but for some reason am stuck, I spent some time today playing with my Access database where I track sales across eight different platforms, eight different pen names, and, as … Continue reading →

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Free Short Story and Thoughts on Pronoun

Posted on February 25, 2017 by M. H. Lee

So, first, my short story The Bearer is free on Amazon at the moment.  Should be in all markets, so if you’re interested, pick up a copy. This is the story that almost almost almost sold to Tor.com back when … Continue reading →

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Bit by Bit

Posted on February 23, 2017 by M. H. Lee

When I don’t feel like writing I often crunch numbers related to my writing.  It makes me somehow feel like I’m working on my writing business but really I just think it’s fun to play with Access databases and Excel … Continue reading →

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It Isn’t All Just Writing

Posted on February 19, 2017 by M. H. Lee

Today’s wordcount is at negative 300 so far because I had to tear apart two chapters that were revealing information too soon and then write new words to replace what I tore out.  So I figured I’d take a break … Continue reading →

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