Joey Writes...

 Joey has written a lot of advice pieces about the writing, editing, publishing and after-market process of being an indie author. You can find them all below in date order!

March 30th 2013 - Distractions
March 31st 2013 - Writer's Block
April 2nd 2013 - Word Counts
April 5th 2013 - Planning
April 8th 2013 - Inspiration
April 9th 2013 - Writing A Series
April 10th 2013 - Writing Two Books At Once
April 12th 2013 - Research 
May 11th 2013 - When Inspiration Strikes
May 11th 2013 - Taming Your Muse
May 13th 2013 - Moulding Your Characters 
May 13th 2013 - Choosing Names 
May 14th 2013 - Sacrifices
May 18th 2013 - Plot Devices 
May 22nd 2013 - Sorting The Good From The Bad 
June 2nd 2013 - Thinking Outside The Box 
June 7th 2013 - Comfort Zone 
June 21st 2013 - You Always Remember Your First 
July 2nd 2013 - Choosing A Genre
July 6th 2013 - Location, Location, Location
July 16th 2013 - Time Periods 
August 19th 2013 - Dating Stories
August 21st 2013 - Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies: The Ending
August 27th 2013 - Cameos & Easter Eggs
September 3rd 2013 - Choosing Your Writing Spot
September 8th 2013 - Deadlines, Schedules & Routines 
September 19th 2013 - Being a Writer & Being Chronically Ill 
September 23rd 2013 - Working Nine to Five
November 19th 2013 - Managing Your Writing & Your Life
December 3rd 2013 - The Many Hats Of An Indie Author
December 5th 2013 - Writing Too Much At Once 
December 18th 2013 - A Perfect Writing Day 
December 19th 2013 - 5 Reasons to NOT Become a Writer 
December 22nd 2013 - 5 Reasons to Become a Writer
January 1st 2014 - How To Nurture Your Plot Bunnies & Your Muse
January 9th 2014 - Five Things You Should Always Write About
January 14th 2014 - Five Things You Should Never Write About
January 15th 2014 - Pen, Keyboard, Tablet: The Many Ways To Write A Book
January 21st 2014 - Music While You Write
February 13th 2014 - That Lightbulb Moment
February 19th 2014 - My Internal Critic: How Neil Affected My Career
March 1st 2014 - My Internal Critic: How I Dealt With Neil
March 16th 2014 - Those Moments When You're Half-Asleep 
March 18th 2014 - The Keyboard Is On Fire: Entering The "Zone" 
March 24th 2014 - Reading: Does It Help You As A Writer? 
March 31st 2014 - Writing In Pain: How Chronic Pain Affects My Work 
April 2nd 2014 - Being A Disabled Writer 
April 7th 2014 - Why Is Representation Important? 
May 1st 2015 - Making Your Ideas Work: When You Start Off Too Big 
May 17th 2015 - Making Your Ideas Work: When You Start Off Too Small 
August 14th 2015 - Info-Dumping And Why You Shouldn't Do It 
December 12th 2015 - Keeping Motivated & Avoiding Losing Your Spark 
December 19th 2015 - Juggling Responsibilities & Staying On Track
February 10th 2016 - It Takes As Long As It Takes
March 10th 2016 - It's Supposed To Be Fun, Right?
September 14th 2016 - Juggling Ideas 
February 27th 2017 - Drawing Inspiration From Life 
May 8th 2017 - Being A Hybrid 
May 15th 2017 - "Oh You Should Never Do That."
May 29th 2017 - Writing Every Day
June 19th 2017 - On Mental Health
July 3rd 2017 - How's The Writing Going, Joey: Revisited
July 10th 2017 - Tales From My Sick Bed: Writing Must Go On  
July 24th 2017 - Tales From My Sick Bed: So When Will I Get Better?
July 31st 2017 - Social Media As A Writer 
August 14th 2017 - 12 Years Published
August 21st 2017 - Writing Different Characters  
August 28th2017 - Backstories & Character Building
September 4th 2017 - Why You Should Show & Not Just Tell 
September 25th 2017 - Series & Standalone: How Do You Know Which is Which? 
October 2nd 2017 - Series & Standalone: When Your Standalone Becomes A Series
October 16th 2017 - Series & Standalone: When It's Time To End A Series  
October 30th 2017 - Series & Standalone: 3 Ways It's A Standalone & 3 Ways It's Not 
November 6th 2017 - Series & Standalone: 3 Ways It's A Series & 3 ways It's Not 
November 13th 2017 - My Pet Peeves In Fiction 
November 27th 2017 - #NaNoWriMo17: Making It Work
December 4th 2017 - My Rules Of Work  
December 11th 2017 - Writing Around The Holidays
January 8th 2018 - Reading And Writing
February 12th 2018 - Motivation & Muses
March 12th 2018 - Writing Speeds & You  
March 19th 2018 - Work Environments
March 26th 2018 - Making A Plan  
April 23rd 2018 - Young Writers: Any Advice? 
July 2nd 2018 - Six Month Check In With Goals
July 23rd 2018 - Revisiting Neil: Is My Gremlin Locked? 
July 30th 2018 - Introvert Writer
August 20th 2018 - 13 Years Published  
September 3rd 2018 - Ideas Everywhere! 
September 10th 2018 - My Ideal Writing Day
September 17th 2018 - Days Off Count & Matter
October 22nd 2018 - Authortube: What's It Like?  
October 29th 2018 - 5 Facts about my current WIP: Translucent
November 5th 2018  - 5 Facts about my current WIP: Cramping Chronicles: The Fourth Torment 
November 26th 2018 - Authortube: Mistakes To Avoid 
December 3rd 2018 - Networking With Other Authors 
December 10th 2018 - Imposter Syndrome 
December 17th 2018 - End Of Year Goals & How To Do Them 
December 24th 2018 - Festive Writing 
December 31st 2018 - Being A Full Time Writer
January 7th 2019- 5 Facts about my current WIP: Visible  
January 14th 2019 - 5 Facts about my current WIP: Cramping Chronicles: The Fifth Agony 
January 21st 2019 - Planning & Plotting
January 28th 2019 - Pantsing All The Way  
February 4th 2019 - Planning A Series
March 4th 2019 - Authortube: To Give Advice Or Not 
March 11th 2019 - Character Flaws
March 18th 2019 - Diversity In Fiction 
March 25th 2019 - Disabled Characters FTW! 
April 1st 2019 - Fighting Burnout 
April 8th 2019 - Refilling The Creative Well
April 15th 2019 - Promoting Other Authors 
April 22nd 2019 - Winning An Award 
April 29th 2019 - Uninspired Blog Posts 
June 10th 2019 - Writing The End 
June 24th 2019 -  Six Month Check In With Goals
July 8th 2019 - 5 Facts About My Current WIP: Opaque 
July 15th 2019 - 5 Facts About My Current WIP: I'll See You Thru 
July 22nd 2019 - Authortube: Growing Your Channel 
September 9th 2019 - Writing Life & Hashtags
September 16th 2019 - Revisiting Social Media 
October 21st 2019 - Days Off That Matter
October 28th 2019 - Sticky Notes & How They Work For Me 
November 4th 2019 - Preparing for NaNoWriMo
November 18th 2019 - Writing Sprints 
December 23rd 2019 - Writing Hacks 
December 30th 2019 - Setting Goals For The Coming Year 
January 6th 2020 - Writers Block Revisited
January 13th 2020 - Drafting Fun 
January 20th 2020 - 5 Facts About My Current WIP: This Is How It Ends 
January 27th 2020 - 5 Facts About My Current WIP: I Wish I Could Save You
February 3rd 2020 - Inspiration: How Does It Work?
March 9th 2020 - Authortube: Juggling It With Writing
March 16th 2020 - Breaking Down My Day: Writing
May 4th 2020 - Breaking Down My Day: Run Up To Release
May 18th 2020 - Starting A New Series
July 27th 2020 - Juggling Two Projects
August 10th 2020 - 15 Years As An Author 
August 17th 2020 - How I Plan 
October 5th 2020 -  Working With A Planner
October 12th 2020 - Authortube: Being Consistent 
November 23rd 2020 - Reading Revisited 
November 30th 2020 - Writing Every Day Revisited
December 21st 2020 - Looking To The New Year
December 28th 2020 - How Goals Work
January 4th 2021 - Mental Health Revisited
January 11th 2021 - Planning A Series 
January 18th 2021 - Pantsing A Series 
March 1st 2021 - Authortube: Five Years On
March 15th 2021 - My Ideal Writing Day Revisited 
April 19th 2021 - Plot Bunnies 
May 10th 2021 - Pulling A Release 
May 17th 2021 - Looking After Yourself
July 12th 2021 - Organising Your Ideas
July 19th 2021 - Trigger Warnings In Fiction 
August 16th 2021 - Growing As A Writer 
August 23rd 2021 - Planning Your Time 
September 20th 2021 - When You Feel Like Giving Up 
October 18th 2021 - Planing For NaNoWriMo 
November 1st 2021 - Writing & Isolation 
November 8th 2021 - Being Healthly With Your Goals
November 15th 2021 - Making Time For Fun 
November 29th 2021 - Authortube: The Community 
December 20th 2021 - My Plantsing Ways 
January 10th 2022 - Work/Life Balance
January 17th 2022 - Writing For Yourself 
January 24th 2022 - Writing Your Story 
February 28th 2022 - 5 Facts About My Writing Process 
April 4th 2022 - Setting A Writing Routine 
April 11th 2022 - Dealing With A Backlog 
May 16th 2022 - Why Reading Is Important
May 30th 2022 - Writer Stereotypes 
June 6th 2022 - Keeping Your Ideas Fresh 
June 13th 2022 - Writing Speeds Revisited 
September 19th 2022 -  Learning How You Work
September 26th 2022 - 5 Facts About My Writing Routine
October 3rd 2022 - How To Grow Your Ideas
October 17th 2022 - Knowing When To End A Series  
November 21st 2022 - Creating A Writing Routine
December 5th 2022 - Approaching The Holidays
January 16th 2023 - Authortube: How To Do It All
January 30th 2023 - Drafting Fun  
February 13th 2023 - What It Means To Be A Writer
February 20th 2023 - Publishing Highs  
February 27th 2023 - Publishing Lows 
April 3rd 2023 - Looking Back On My Début
June 5th 2023 - Living The Author Life
June 12th 2023 - Idea Soup  
July 31st 2023 - Catching Your Ideas  
August 7th 2023 - Publishing Regrets
August 14th 2023 - 18 Years As An Author  
August 21st 2023 - Summer Writing Fun
October 23rd 2023 - Deciding Where To Write  
October 30th 2023 - Deciding When To Write
November 6th 2023 - Deciding What To Use To Write
November 13th 2023 - Deciding What To Write  
December 18th 2023 - Ending The Book Right
December 25th 2023 - Planning Your Year
January 1st 2024 - Why I Love My Job
January 22nd 2024 - Life Hiccups & Writing
February 26th 2024 - Knowing What Advice To Give
March 4th 2024 - Learning How You Work 
March 25th 2024 - Discovering Your Story
April 29th 2024 - Uncovering Your Voice & Style 
May 20th 2024 - When Plans Change
May 27th 2024 - Writing Around Your Life
June 3rd 2024 - Finding Your Community 
July 8th 2024 - Working With Deadlines 
July 22nd 2024 - Keeping Your Eyes On The End 
July 29th 2024 - Planning Years Ahead
August 12th 2024 - 19 Years As An Author 
September 16th 2024 - Taking Care Of Your Writer Self
September 23rd 2024 - Why Self-Care Can Help 
September 30th 2024 - Knowing How You Write 
October 14th 2024 - 5 Pieces Of Writing Advice I Hate 
November 18th 2024 - You Can't Do It Wrong: Drafting 
November 25th 2024 - Deciding On Success 


April 12th 2014 - Search History
April 22nd 2014 - Things I Shouldn't Know
April 29th 2014 - How Many Ways Can You Kill Someone?
May 6th 2014 - Maybe I Should Get A Hobby...
July 8th 2014 - How Violent Is Too Violent? 
November 9th 2014 - When Your Friends Ask You About Murder
November 27th 2014 - Has This Been Done Before?
January 1st 2015 - When Research Becomes Unhealthy
January 30th 2017 - Seeing Crime Everywhere
March 6th 2017 - Do I Need To Kill [Character]?
April 24th 2017 - Making The Dots Join Up 
June 5th 2017 - Fitting The Crime To Your Story 
September 11th 2017 - Going To The Dark Side 
December 18th 2017 - Getting Merry With It
January 22nd 2018 - Killing Your Darlings 
March 5th 2018 - Serial Killers, oh My!
May 14th 2018 - Crafting A Killer
June 11th 2018 - Making It Work
August 13th 2018 - Awkward Conversations  
September 24th 2018 - info-Dumping
February 18th 2019 - Balancing Realism & Fiction
May 27th 2019 - Writing Crime Scenes 
August 12th 2019 - Revisiting New Ideas 
October 14th 2019 - Research Matters 
December 2nd 2019 - Sometimes It's Fun
February 17th 2020 - Retaining The Mystery  
March 30th 2020 - So What If It's Been Done Before?
July 6th 2020 - Moving Towards Mystery 
August 31st 2020 - Running Out Of Ideas
October 19th 2020 - Search History Revisited  
February 8th 2021 - Subverting Tropes
March 29th 2021 - Hands On Research  
June 7th 2021 - Back In The Saddle
August 9th 2021 - The Dark Side  
October 11th 2021 - Adding The Paranormal
December 6th 2021 - Off The Wall Twists
February 21st 2022 - Planning The Perfect Crime  
May 9th 2022 - Ideas Fun
August 15th 2022 -  Tropes I Love
October 24th 2022 - Small Talk With Strangers  
December 26th 2022 - Finding The Right Crime
March 6th 2023 - Petty Crime & Research   
July 10th 2023 - How Not To Kill Everyone
November 27th 2023 -  Knowing Who To Kill  
February 5th 2024 - Writing What You Love
April 22nd 2024 - No Wrong Way To Write
June 24th 2024 - Choosing Your Path
August 19th 2024 - When Crimes Change
November 4th 2024 - A Break Isn't Bad 


May 10th 2014 - Sleep Is Optional, Right?
May 16th 2014 - Outsourcing Is Expensive
June 13th 2014 - 24hrs Isn't Enough 
June 26th 2014 - Sometimes, Book Research Isn't Enough
August 5th 2014 - Selling Your Image 
August 13th 2014 - Spreading Yourself Too Thin 
September 1st 2014 - Making Connections
October 16th 2014 - Giveaways, Events, Oh My!
December 3rd 2014 - Getting Reviews & Promotions 
January 27th 2015 - Writing Every Day 
February 6th 2017 - Juggling Writing & Admin
April 3rd 2017 - Marketing Yourself 
April 17th 2017 - When You Want To Give Up
May 22nd 2017 - Guest Blogs, Interview & Everything Else 
August 7th 2017 - Signings & Conventions
December 26th 2017 - The End Of Year Fun 
January 29th 2018 - Working Your Budget 
February 19th 2018 - Time Management 
April 30th 2018 - Is It Right For you? 
June 18th 2018 - Keeping Yourself Motivated
August 6th 2018 - Schedules Revisited  
November 12th 2018 - All The Hats
February 11th 2019 - Planning A Release
May 20th 2019 - Switching Genres 
July 29th 2019 - Revisiting The Hats 
October 7th 2019 - Why I Chose Indie 
November 25th 2019 - Promotion Helps
February 24th 2020 - My Editing Team 
April 13th 2020 - That Feeling Before Release 
September 7th 2020 - Burnout
November 2nd 2020 - Taking Care Of Yourself
February 22nd 2021 - Learning To Say No
March 22nd 2021 - Keeping Ideas Alive
May 31st 2021 - Building Takes Time
August 2nd 2021 - Juggling Time & Money
October 4th 2021 - Planning Releases
December 13th 2021 - A Year Off Editing
February 14th 2022 - Writing Every Day Revisited
August 29th 2022 - Choosing Your Team  
October 31st 2022 - Answering Difficult Questions
December 12th 2022 - Time & Money Matters
March 13th 2023 - Hard Work Pays  
September 11th 2023 - Fitting The Writing In
December 4th 2023 - Taking Time Off 
February 12th 2024 - Delving Into Promotion
April 8th 2024 - Keeping Healthy Practices 
August 26th 2024 - Flexible Planning
October 28th 2024 - Pivoting Works


May 23rd 2014 - Writing Whilst Sick
May 30th 2014 - Writing In Hospital 
July 5th 2014 - Writing During Attacks
July 15th 2014 - Learning To Say No
July 18th 2014 - When You're Too Sick To Write
September 14th 2014 - Writing When You Can
November 4th 2014  - Worrying About The Future And Your Writing 
November 20th 2014 - Worrying About Deadlines 
December 19th 2014 - When Your Meds Interfere
February 11th 2015 - Identifying As A Spoonie Writer
February 13th 2017 - Avoiding Stress While Writing
March 13th 2017 - Making The Most Of Your Downtime
April 10th 2017 - Setbacks Happen 
May 1st 2017 - Sick Olympics (And What That Means For You)
September 18th 2017 - Signings & You 
January 1st 2018 -  Starting A New Year & Goals
January 15th 2018 - How Much Is Too Much?
February 26th 2018 - Mental Health Care 
May 7th 2018 - Being An Inspiration(!) 
June 25th 2018 - Taking Care Of You 
August 27th 2018 - Being A Writer: Revisited 
November 19th 2018 - Balancing Health & Work 
February 25th 2019 - Missing Out 
June 3rd 2019 - Juggling Illness & Writing 
August 19th 2019 - Writing When You Can Revisited  
September 23rd 2019 - Writing In Pain 
December 9th 2019 - Dealing With Holidays
March 2nd 2020 - Coping With Reliance 
April 6th 2020 -  Working Within Your Limits
June 29th 2020 - Goals That Work For You
September 14th 2020 - Managing Your Health
October 26th 2020 -  Keeping On Deadlines
February 15th 2021 - When You Have To Stop
April 5th 2021 - Missing Out Revisited
June 21st 2021 -  Taking Time Off
July 26th 2021 - Brainfog & Other Wonders
October 25th 2021 - Spoonie Characters   
November 22nd 2021 - Taking It One Day At A Time
February 7th 2022 - Comparison As A Spoonie 
April 25th 2022 - Managing Expectations
August 22nd 2022 - When Life Throws A Curveball
November 7th 2022 - Keeping Motivated 
December 19th 2022 - New Year & You
March 20th 2023 - Just Keep Writing
June 26th 2023 - Working Out A Schedule  
September 4th 2023 - Avoiding Flares & Other Things
December 11th 2023 - It's Okay To Take Time  
February 19th 2024 - It's Okay Not To Inspire People
April 15th 2024 - Doing What Works For You  
June 17th 2024 - Editing While Medicated
August 5th 2024 -  Stretching Your Limits
November 11th 2024 - Using What Works For You 


April 7th 2016 - How I Started Writing
April 14th 2016 - Why Young Adult?
April 21st 2016 -  Why The Crime & Mystery Genre?
April 28th 2016 -  Why The Romance Genre?
May 7th 2016 -  Why The Paranormal Genre?
May 14th 2016 -  Why An Indie Author?
May 21st 2016 - How I Write
May 28th 2016 -  Where My Inspiration Comes From
June 7th 2016 -  My Characters
June 14th 2016 - How I Juggle Chronic Illness & Writing
June 21st 2016 - Why I Write Two Books At Once
June 28th 2016 - Eight Down; How Many More To Go?
July 7th 2016 - Writing Waiting On You
July 14th 2016 - How Long Will I Write For?
July 21st 2016 - Why Don't I Release All The Ones I've Written?
July 28th 2016 - Fifteen Years As A Writer: Where Next?
August 7th 2016 - Tips For Aspiring Authors
August 14th 2016 - What Do I Love About Writing?
August 21st 2016 - Dealing With Writer's Block
August 28th 2016 -   My Hopes & Dreams As An Author


April 18th 2013 - Editing Your Work
April 19th 2013 - Publishing Your Work
April 21st 2013 - Promoting Your Work 
May 5th 2013 - Tracking Sales
September 16th 2014 - Choosing Your Editor 
October 7th 2014 - Choosing To Go The Indie Route 
November 12th 2015 - Approaching Blogs For Reviews 
January 11th 2016 - How To Deal With Negative Reviews
February 18th 2016 - How Do You Know When It's Done? 
February 20th 2017 - Making A Name For Yourself 
March 20th 2017 - Release Day: Just The Beginning 
November 20th 2017 - Pre-Orders & Promotion
February 5th 2018 - Juggling Multiple Releases 
April 2nd 2018 - Cover Reveals & How They Work 
April 9th 2018 - Release Day Run-Up
May 21st 2018 - Getting The Buzz Going  
May 28th 2018 - Working With Critique Partners
July 9th 2018 - Reviews & You  
October 1st 2018 - Editing As You Go
October 15th 2018 - Beta Readers  
May 6th 2019 - Dealing With Your Brand
June 17th 2019 - What Comes After The End  
August 26th 2019 - 5 Tips For Promotion
September 2nd 2019 - Choosing Your Publication Path  
November 11th 2019 - Why I Hate Editing
December 16th 2019 - Balancing Editing & Writing
February 10th 2020 - Building Your Audience  
March 23rd 2020 - The Final Read Through
April 27th 2020 - How I Edit 
September 21st 2020 - The Editing Process
September 28th 2020 - Letting Your Book Sit
November 16th 2020 - Working With Editors
January 25th 2021 - Outlining While Revising  
April 26th 2021 - Reading Reviews Revisited
June 28th 2021 - The Self-Edit 
July 5th 2021 - Being Objective
August 30th 2021 - Beta & Alpha Readers
September 27th 2021 - Handling Criticism   
January 31st 2022 - Finding The Right Editor
April 18th 2022 - Approaching Revision 
May 23rd 2022 - Editing/Revision Stress
August 1st 2022 - Working With A Line Editor
October 10th 2022 - Juggling Revision & Drafting  
November 14th 2022 - Knowing When To Revise
November 28th 2022 - Knowing When To Stop Revising
February 6th 2023 - How I Outline For Revisions  
March 27th 2023 - Getting Ready For Editing
May 1st 2023 - Handling A Bad Review
July 24th 2023 - Knowing How Often To Publish  
August 28th 2023 - Publishing Checklist
January 15th 2024 - Approaching ARC Readers
July 15th 2024 - Uncovering The Story
September 2nd 2024 - Approaching Rewrites
October 21st 2024 - 5 Ways To Revise/Rewrite  
December 9th 2024 - You Can't Do It Wrong: Editing


May 8th 2013 - BLACKOUT - Writing Tally & Lisa 
May 10th 2013 - DYING THOUGHTS SERIES - Writing Tara & Kaolin
June 21st 2013 - THE FRIENDSHIP TRIANGLE - Writing Chloe, Sarah & Charlotte 
December 28th 2013 - LYNNE & HOPE - Writing Lynne & Hope 
September 29th 2014 - WAITING ON YOU - Writing Angelina & Zack 
October 16th 2016 - DESTINATION: UNKNOWN - Writing Harriet & Dot
June 12th 2017 - IT'S NOT ALWAYS RAINBOWS - Writing Cat & Jayden
June 26th 2017 - IT'S NOT ALWAYS RAINBOWS - Writing Alex & Ahmed 
June 4th 2018 - WALK A MILE - Writing Hetti & Layla in the 2050s
July 1st 2019 - LIGHTS OUT - Lock & Lana in the future
September 30th 2019 - DYING THOUGHTS SERIES - Revisiting Tara & Kaolin: The End Of Dying Thoughts
April 20th 2020 - LIGHTS ON - Lock & Clara in the future
August 3rd 2020 - CRAMPING CHRONICLES: THE FIRST TWINGE - Writing Jessie & Meera
August 24th 2020 - CRAMPING CHRONICLES: THE FIRST TWINGE - Writing Gray, Craig & Rowena 
April 12th 2021 - LIGHTS OFF - Revisiting Lock & Clara: The End 
September 5th 2022 - CRAMPING CHRONICLES: THE SECOND PANG - Writing Jessie & Meera 
September 12th 2022 - CRAMPING CHRONICLES: THE SECOND PANG - Writing Jessie & Marcus
September 18th 2023 - INVISIBLE - Writing Zya & Co  
September 25th 2023 - INVISIBLE - Writing Jonah & Co
September 9th 2024 - CRAMPING CHRONICLES: THE THIRD ACHE - Writing Jessie & Tyra

This page will be updated as Joey adds more subjects, if you'd like to suggest a subject for her to write a piece on, feel free to email her at bugbooks@virginmedia.com

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