by Coleen T. Houlihan | Feb 6, 2026 | Writing, Perseverance, Self-Publishing
The year was 2016. It was the year I said I would self-publish a novel. Fast forward and a lot has transpired, none of which is a self-published book. Why? Well, stuff gets in the way… If you are a parent, you know this. If you are a college student, you know...
by Coleen T. Houlihan | Feb 5, 2026 | Writing, Motivation for Writing, Perseverance
So I decided to start 2016 off with an editorial bang… Several years ago, I’d located an editor who did a great sample edit on one of my pieces. Lack of funds (oh, you know, single-motherdom, modest work, bills, and collection calls) kept me from being able to afford...
by Coleen T. Houlihan | Feb 5, 2026 | Writing, Checking In
Don’t look now but 2014 is drawing to a close. With the slipping in of a crisp cold comes the inevitable end ...
by Coleen T. Houlihan | Feb 5, 2026 | Writing, Checking In
Hello to all you writers! I hope 2014 is treating you well and you’ve been productive, even if that just means lots of brainstorming and reading. At the close of last year, I edited the first novel I’d ever written, an arduous task that took many months....
by Coleen T. Houlihan | Feb 5, 2026 | Writing, Agents
As I began to sit down and again start submitting to agents for my fifth project, I had a thought. How do other writers do it? It dawned on me that although I’d heard often how writers crafted query letters, I was not sure of their process for sending them out. For...
