by admin | May 2, 2019 | Encouragement, General, Marketing, Social Media, Technology
© 2019 Corabel Shofner Writers of a certain age panic when told we must develop a social media “presence.” Okay, we learned Facebook, but no, Facebook is not where it’s at for writers. They’re calling it Mombook now. Let’s focus on the scary wild rodeo: TWITTER. How...
by admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Editing, Fiction, General, Marketing, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction, Publishing Strategies, Technology
© 2017 Bethany Jett When I first heard that I had to take a one sheet to a writers conference, I thought, “A one sheet of what?” My book was still mostly an idea in my mind, but it forced me to think it through from beginning to end. What Does a One Sheet Do? The one...
by admin | Mar 3, 2016 | General, Marketing, Social Media, Technology
© 2016 Edie Melson I remember the first time I ventured onto twitter. It’s an intimidating site, full of unfamiliar terms and strange rules. Beyond that, the more people I followed, the more confusing the newsfeed became. To my untrained eye, all those 140 character...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Blogging, General, Marketing, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Photography, Technology
© 2016 Elece Hollis “A picture is worth ten thousand words,” wrote Frederick Barnard. Words and photographs go hand in hand—like a horse and carriage. Photographs can serve as a powerful inspiration for writers. At a writers conference, one writing...
by admin | Apr 5, 2014 | Blogging, Encouragement, Marketing, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction, Technology
© 2014 Edie Melson Like many writers, you may want to blog to enhance your career but don’t know how to go about it. Here are tips I give my readers. Find a Focus: Just a general site, where the author posts about a little bit of everything, is rarely successful....
by admin | Aug 1, 2013 | Editing, Fiction, General, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction, Publishing Strategies, Technology
© 2013 Susan K. Stewart Publisher’s Weekly reported that e-book sales rose by 117% in 2011 while print sales fell. That trend seems to be leveling off now. So for most writers a combination of print and e-publishing is the best strategy. Not only is e-publishing...
