How to Take Your Writer Website to the Next Level

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If you look around the writing niche, even around the web in general, you’ll notice that there are some clearly professional (and trustworthy-looking) websites. And some that aren’t. These are the ones that are clearly homemade or have straight out-of-the-box designs (like this blog). They didn’t cost very much (if anything) to create. And there’s [...]

Friday Features #18

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Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity 2 Einstein Secrets For Writing Creatively by Amberr Meadows at Like a Bump on a Log 5 Ways to Respect Your Writing by Krissy at Krissy Media Ink All Work and No Play is No Fun and No Good by Kristen Lamb at Kristen Lamb’s Blog Integrating Writing Into a Busy Schedule: One Writer’s [...]

Friday Features #17

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Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity Think Like an Old Man by J.A. Pitts at Genreality Mental Health Series: Emerging From the Panic Room of Anxiety Disorders by Kristin Nador at Kristin Nador Writes Anywhere 7 Tips Pros Use to Get Words on the Page by Diana Kightlinger at Men With Pens Unlocking Your Great Future – 5 Keys to [...]

Should Writers Blog About Writing? Some Answers

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A few weeks ago, I asked, Should Writers Blog About Writing? I never imagined this question would garner so much input. While some of you said two blogs was best and others argued that one blog was the way to go, it was pretty clear that a lot of you had no idea what the [...]

Friday Features #16

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Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity Where to Find Inspiration: 50 Quotes For Writers by Cheryl Craigie at Write to Done 7 Prompt Websites to Fill Your Creative Writing Well by Krissy Brady at Krissy Media Ink Fifty Shades of Hypocrisy by April L. Hamilton by Indie Author Connect With This to Really Recharge Your Creativity by Jennifer Blanchard at [...]

Top Ten Blogging Don’ts For Writers

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The most important aspect of your platform is your website. Whether it looks top-notch or not says a lot about you as a writer. Yet not a week goes by in which I encounter a writer’s blog or website that speaks pretty poorly of its owner. Are you one of those writers? If you are, [...]

Friday Features #15

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Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity 10 Game-Changing Ideas About Life + Why I’m Ending Guest Blogging on the C2C by Ollin Morales at Courage 2 Create 5 Tips For Avoiding Distractions and Getting More Writing Done by Anne Lyle at Guide to Literary Agents How to Tap into Your Experiences for Writing Inspiration by Laura Dennis at Live Hacked [...]

Friday Features #14

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Inspiration/Productivity/Motivation Healthy Writer by Sasha White at Genreality “Snapshot” of My Desk At the Moment by Carrie Vaughn at Genreality Is This Creativity Power Food Missing From Your Diet? By Jennifer Blanchard at InkyBites The One Thing Your Creativity Can’t Live Without by Jennifer Blanchard at InkyBites Here’s a Guaranteed Way to Generate a Backlog [...]

Friday Features #13

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Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity The 11 “Secrets” of Prolific Content Creators by Beth Hayden at CopyBlogger Writing Rituals by Ken Scholes at Genreality 18 Bad Writing Habits to Avoid by Krissy Brady at Krissy Media Ink I Falter Only When I Fear to Falter by Ollin Morales at Courage 2 Create Recharge Your Creative Batteries in 31 Days [...]

Friday Features #12

The week's best writing links in one convenient place.

Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity Does Writing Make You Feel Like a Failure Or A Fraud? (How That Can Boost Your Creativity) by Cheryl Craigie at Write to Done Protecting Your Writing Time – And Yourself by Claire Cook at Writer Unboxed Unleash Your Writing With This Trick From the Movies by Carol Tice at Write to Done 10 [...]

Friday Features #11

It's like you died and went to link heaven, right?

Inspiration/Motivation/Productivity How to Write More…and More Often by Michael J. Scott at Author Culture 4 Ways to Start Writing Again After a Vacation by Darcy Pattison at Fiction Notes Saying No, Redux by Carrie Vaughn at Genreality Road Closed: When Writer’s Block Takes Out the Bridge, Part 3 by Ken Scholes at Genreality Chelsea Cameron: [...]

Friday Features #10

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The 7 Biggest Creativity Killers by Andrew and Gaia Grant at Fast to Create It’s Time to Declutter Your Writing by Jeff Goins at Goins, Writer Summer Writing – Writing Around Children by Elizabeth S. Craig at Mystery Writing is Murder Becoming a Creative Genius with Phil South by Joanna Penn at The Creative Penn [...]

Should Writers Blog About Writing?

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UPDATE: Find out the path I chose on the follow-up post featuring Lindsay Buroker, Should Writers Blog About Writing? Some Answers I’m a fairly new writer. And whenever I’m new at something, I tend to read everything I can about the subject. I watch videos, I check out books, I Google things. I’ve done the [...]