by mamacatlewis
This is my annual reminder that this is a GREAT time (well, anytime is great, really) to have a meeting with yourself, or yourself and your significant other, or yourself and your family, to go over GOALS: this year’s goals, 5 years out and 10 years out. My late...
by mamacatlewis
Here’s a writing prompt for you today: summertime! What does summer evoke for you? Good feelings? Bad? Does it make you think of a carefree childhood? A horrible time at camp? Your parents getting drunk? Surviving the city swelter? Mosquito bites? Ice cream? Songs?...
by mamacatlewis
Authors are not in competition, we’re on the same team! A reader can finish the average book in 5-6 hours. An author can’t expect only their book to make their audience happy. Our readers need need MORE books! Promote other authors. Make their stories...
by mamacatlewis
I’ll let you in on a secret: I made a glaring error in my second book. And, why? Because I was arrogant and myopic, and probably a little stupid. Thankfully, that writer has grown up a bit and her writing has, too. I cringe when I think how confident I was when...
by mamacatlewis
In Prince Harry’s book Spare, there are some glaring errors that I blame his ghostwriter for not fixing. The ghostwriter’s job is not just to relay the story given to them by making it readable and enjoyable, but also to fact-check the subject’s...
by mamacatlewis
A snowman stared back at me today while I made some gf peanut butter cookies. The snowman was made by my now 21-year old daughter, currently eating a quesadilla in the breakfast nook, having just awoken from a ‘winter break’ slumber. She had been in...
by mamacatlewis
Perhaps you’ve heard: “you should write a book!” That’s advice to take to heart. If someone is so enamored by your story or life event, then trust their judgment. That’s what happened to Christi when she approached me to write her memoir...
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I always tell my authors that they need to really be sure that they want to ‘say that’ when speaking poorly of someone in their books. Once it’s done, it’s done. Regardless of future edits, anyone affected will have already bought that first...
by mamacatlewis
Christi and I are so excited to announce that we just wrapped an interview with Latasha Colander Clark at Christ Studios. We’ll be dropping that soon on social media. Be sure to check out our Facebook page! We also have a storytelling/discussion page on...
by mamacatlewis
The Princess (on HBO Max) The grainy reaction video was everyone’s story that night. My sister Cyd said she’d recently watched the Ed Perkins’ Princess Diana documentary, The Princess, and told me, “Cat, you won’t believe this, but Ken is in it!” Ken is a friend I’ve...
