The Event Lament: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about DIY Book Tours
The publishing industry doesn’t come with a handbook. Yes, you can purchase just about anything written by Jane Friedman and generally...
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kjmicciche
- Apr 5
- 7 min
Going Postal: Is It Just Me?
Spirit of full disclosure: I started this blog in an attempt to pay it forward to other newbie authors. Coming onto the literary scene...
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kjmicciche
- Mar 1
- 7 min
Why Every Debut Author Needs a Launch Team
This month’s blog post is a love letter to a group of people who I didn’t realize I needed as much as I do: my launch team. Not to be...
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kjmicciche
- Feb 8
- 7 min
The Shart Heard 'Round the World: On Subjectivity, Reviews, and Emotional Roller Coasters
This past month has been a whirlwind of activity for me. Sometimes, I look back on my blog posts from a year ago and I marvel at how...
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kjmicciche
- Jan 9
- 5 min
Forward Motion
2023. I’m having a tough time remembering to put that number on things: the checks I write (because yes, I am a dinosaur who still pays...
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kjmicciche
- Dec 13, 2022
- 5 min
Marketing Yourself
There is something very strange about the notion of having to market yourself. It feels so… cheap. As authors, we really have no choice,...
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kjmicciche
- Nov 28, 2022
- 5 min
On Discipline: NaNo, Exercise, and the Value of Encouragement (plus a bonus recipe!)
My husband and I like to take walks together. In a house with two children, it’s hard to have a chance to connect with each other since...
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kjmicciche
- Oct 31, 2022
- 5 min
Starting Over
My editor hated my second manuscript. There, I said it. I was so ahead of schedule, I was almost done with my third manuscript when I got...
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kjmicciche
- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
Lessons I Learned While Swinging From a Pole
At the age of 49, J. Lo had to learn the sultry art of pole dancing to successfully perform her role in the movie Hustlers. A dancer her...
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kjmicciche
- Jul 18, 2022
- 7 min
Musings on the MFA (from an Alumni Perspective)
I visited Fairfield University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program yesterday for Alumni Day. Alumni Day is intended to be an opportunity...
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kjmicciche
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
What's In A Name?
When expecting parents imagine life once their little bundle of joy arrives, one of the biggest things they tend to consider is the...
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kjmicciche
- Apr 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Scary World of Editing
A few weeks ago, I received my very first (real) developmental edit letter from my editor at Sourcebooks, Deb Werksman. She’s a...
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kjmicciche
- Mar 1, 2022
- 5 min
Top Ten Questions People Ask Me (in no particular order)
National Read Across America Day is March 2, 2022. This "holiday" celebrates the joy of reading, and just happens to coincide with the...
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kjmicciche
- Feb 14, 2022
- 5 min
Valentine's Day Book Picks
As a rom-com author, I feel like I can’t not put up a blog post celebrating Valentine’s Day. This Hallmark holiday (dreaded by some and...
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kjmicciche
- Jan 19, 2022
- 5 min
The Inner Workings of a Big Announcement
Well, you guys. This is it. The moment we’ve all been waiting for. (And by “we all,” I mean, like, me, my husband, and maybe one of my...
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kjmicciche
- Dec 19, 2021
- 6 min
Home for the Holidays
I have a strange relationship with the concept of home. My childhood was difficult, and as a result I rendered myself incapable of...
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kjmicciche
- Nov 19, 2021
- 7 min
Platform, Branding, and Social Media - A Work in Progress...
I’ve read probably about a dozen books (maybe more) about the publishing industry and how a story makes its pilgrimage from the inner...
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kjmicciche
- Oct 25, 2021
- 6 min
On Waiting...
As my writing/publishing journey continues, I thought it might be interesting (you know, to all six people who at some point might deem...
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kjmicciche
- Sep 28, 2021
- 4 min
You Signed the Contract! Now What?
You ever notice how in romantic comedy, the Happily Ever After always happens right when the couple gets together? It doesn’t happen a...
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kjmicciche
- Sep 15, 2021
- 16 min
A Different Take on the “How I Got an Agent” Blog Post
When I began the search for a literary agent, I did my research. In fact, because I was working on my Master’s degree in Creative...
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