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7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Self-Publishing My First Book
When I published Rubber City Ruins, I was convinced it would be a success. Anyone who knew me since I was 5 knew I would publish a book...
Tara Summerville
Oct 24, 20235 min read
Writer's Block, Meet Writer's Sledgehammer.
Writer's block is the worst thing to happen to a writer. It's even worse than book failure. Sure, I'm sad when what I felt was a stroke...
Tara Summerville
Sep 21, 20233 min read
Where do characters go after you publish a book?
Short answer: They're dead. I know, it's a weird question. But I spent so much of my time thinking about the characters in Jiro. What...
Tara Summerville
Sep 20, 20232 min read
Vanity Publishing: The Hard Lesson I Learned.
I went for a run one day at the neighborhood park, and on my sweaty walk home, I saw a yard sale on the end of my street. I noticed this...
Tara Summerville
Sep 17, 20234 min read


The Highs and Lows of Finding an Agent.
Many self-published authors hate the notion of literary agents. In the current landscape of book publishing, they're not essential. In...
Tara Summerville
Sep 10, 20233 min read


Why I Almost Gave up Writing for Good. And What Saved Me.
I've been writing ever since I learned to move around letters of the alphabet to create words. And for as long as I can remember, I...
Tara Summerville
Sep 9, 20233 min read
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