Author MJ Pullen, the Distracted Writer

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Follow M.J. Pullen’s blog posts about writing and publishing. Geared toward beginning writers, pre-published authors. seasoned veterans, and authors attempting to navigate platform development on social media.

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I’ve written before about my experience with self-publishing and the changes in the publishing industry. The subject continues to fascinate me as a reader and a writer. The world of books is in flux, to say the least, and readers are presented with an overwhelming array of choices. Hardback and paperback, sure. Familiar authors, yes.  […]
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Well, folks, it’s November 28th, time for a status update. If you are one of those root-for-the-underdog, “maybe she’ll pull it out of the fire at the last minute and surprise us” kind of readers, I’m sorry to disappoint you. I think it’s highly unlikely I will write 32,940 words in the next 59 hours  […]
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I posted my last blog entry seven weeks ago today. Two days later, my son was born. A beautiful 8-pound baby boy who looks like his father and loves to be held by his mommy. He is my treasure. Big brother is so proud — already trying to show him the ropes. The birth was  […]
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The weekend on bed rest gave me some time to catch up on a little reading around the blogosphere, including “What’s Wrong with Sex?” by JA Konrath, one of the powerhouse voices in indie publishing. While Joe’s books themselves aren’t necessarily my cup of tea — because of the genre, not the quality of writing  […]
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As of this writing, THE MARRIAGE PACT has been out on Kindle for just over two weeks and also just came out on the Barnes & Noble NOOK. So far I’ve sold 37 copies. Not earth-scorching numbers (yet), but what I consider a healthy start for a rookie. Even better, many of the folks who’ve  […]
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I spent most of this morning finishing up the formatting for THE MARRIAGE PACT for Amazon Kindle. It’s sort of mind boggling how quickly someone who is reasonably adept at computers can start to feel very old. Five or even three years ago, I would’ve rated myself somewhere around the 80th percentile when it comes  […]
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Hope everyone had/is having a wonderful Easter, Passover, and beginning of spring. We’re on Day 7 of Passover at our house and I’m proud to say I’m still hanging with the dietary restrictions thus far. My track record during pregnancy is slightly blemished in this regard: when I was prego with Monkey I fell off  […]
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Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. ~Thoreau Okay, sure. I’m on board. I found this quote while looking for some motivation since I have been feeling  […]
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A couple of weeks ago, there was quite a bit of hubbub in the literary world around Jonathan Franzen being crowned the ‘Great American Novelist’ by Time magazine, as well as being given two impossible-to-get New York Times book reviews before his new book Freedom even hit the shelves. There has been sort of a  […]
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