Category: The Business of Writing

  • How to support authors you love

    How to support authors you love

    I get a lot of questions from my social circle about how to support my work. (Thank you, friends!) As a primary measuring stick of authorial success, book sales get a lot of attention. However, I consider them only a small piece of the puzzle. There are so many things you can do beyond purchasing…

  • I’m already a successful author, and that’s why I need a pen name

    I’ve hinted about this before, but over the coming weeks you might see a lot more of a new name around here: Lena George. Lena is my pen name for my fiction writing, and her first novel comes out this fall. I went back and forth a lot on this decision. Now, as I lay…