Faith McKay

Words from Faith McKay, Self Published Muse

I’m More Than My Novel

Posted by on Apr 15, 2013 in Faith McKay, Map to Self Publishing, Writing | 3 comments

I’m More Than My Novel

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” — Henry Ward Beecher “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway While I’m writing a novel I work to crack myself open and pour my guts out on the page. I dip my brush in the colors of my soul, I slice my wrists open at the keyboard, I search out the dark corners of my mind and attempt to put them on display, right there, in black and white. How beautiful, how lovely, how magical. And then, I take my precious bit of...

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A Hermit Steps Onto the Self Publishing Path

Posted by on Feb 20, 2013 in Faith McKay, Map to Self Publishing, Writing | 6 comments

A Hermit Steps Onto the Self Publishing Path

Writing has always been what I do. I feel like this is a silly thing to say and I should stop saying it, but I’m a speaker of truths and there we are. Writing is what I do. I could take you on a journey of my childhood scribbling lines, finding my grandfather’s typewriter (and believing that made me a real writer), or moving onto a computer and deciding that was the real deal, but, suffice to say, I spent my childhood with words. When I really got into the internet this was what I used it for. I built websites. I made Expages, I used Angelfire, and then I bought my own domain. I...

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Map to Self Publishing Announcement!

Posted by on Feb 11, 2013 in Cara Elizabeth, Faith McKay, Jen Meyers, Leigh Ann Kopans, Map to Self Publishing, Rebekah Crane | 2 comments

Map to Self Publishing Announcement!

We have exciting news for all of you today! Last month we ran a request calling for Self Published and Indie authors, and wow! We were blown away by all the great entries we received. Great authors with a variety of writing styles and genres submitted to us. To put it plainly, we were blown away. Today, we’re letting you know who we’ll be following! After we walk you through our thoughts, of course.     So, we had a massive idea. We posted a form. Entries started coming in. At one point, Muse Kristen might have looked like this. It’s a safe bet that you can strike...

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