by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Editing, General, Marketing, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Photography, Social Media, Technology
© 2021 Josephine Massaro Maybe you ask or pay others to create graphic work for you. I have used several sites to create my own but never Canva. That is why I’m going to learn with you. Why did I choose Canva? First, it’s free! The one thing I’ve learned over the...
by admin | Nov 3, 2020 | Editing, Encouragement, Fiction, General, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Technology
© 2020 Kay DiBianca I thought novel-writing would be easy. After all, my grades in English class had always been good, and I was a voracious reader. How hard could it be? (You can stop smiling now.) Jumping into the world of writing was great fun. But it soon became...
by admin | Jun 2, 2020 | Anthologies, Editing, Encouragement, General, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction, Poetry
© 2020 Tracy Crump Chicken Soup for the Soul callouts have been the bedrock of our newsletter since we began in 2008. I can’t thank Amy Newmark, author, editor-in-chief, and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, enough for connecting with me recently and...
by admin | Dec 4, 2018 | Editing, Encouragement, General, Mechanics/ Writing Craft
© 2018 Michelle Shafer I’ve spent the last seven years writing a fantasy trilogy. Though not published yet, my work has been read and reviewed by talented writers from two different critique groups. Currently, my group consists of four poets. Together they edit and...
by admin | Feb 2, 2018 | Editing, Encouragement, Fiction, General, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction
© 2018 Jon Woodhams I tell people that one of my claims to fame is that I was the proofreader for Jan Karon’s first Mitford book. It’s true—back in the early 1990s, I did a fair amount of proofreading for David C. Cook’s book division, and they had recently purchased...
by admin | May 3, 2017 | Blogging, Editing, Encouragement, General, Marketing, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction, Publishing Strategies, Social Media
© 2017 Beth Gooch You’ve put the finishing touches on a blog post or an article, but your work isn’t complete until you’ve topped it with a headline that tempts readers to stop and learn more. Catchy phrases aren’t enough, though. To capture the attention your...