Shrinking Violet Promotions

Last week we talked about your core voice—that part of your voice that is uniquely you and flavors everything you do. Whether you are a Red...

Right about now is normally the time we here at SVP take a summer hiatus. I have a big fat book due in a few months and am determined to hav...

So here is something I am learning about myself--it is very hard for me to blog about externally focused marketing type stuff when I am deep...

I can’t help but wonder if whoever designed the Ferris wheel (that would be Ferris, I’m assuming) was after a cheap, momentary thrill ...

Are you an introvert who somehow has managed to give birth to an extrovert? Or two? Parenting—even with all its joys and rewards—can also b...

  In the last few months I’ve seen a number of authors worried about what it means for their career when the Big Chains don’t carry their ...

Solitude and isolation; aloneness and loneliness. These are issues that most writers must grapple with at some point in their careers, sinc...