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 #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 [...]

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, [...]

7 More Things You Probably Didn’t Want To Know About Me

Thank you, Lauren, for these wonderful nominations. They’re an awesome excuse to share some more things about me. By the way, I just finished Lauren’s book, Infinite Sacrifice. Wow. This book just leaped onto my all-time favorite novels list. You gotta check it out! This first novel in the Infinite Series is FREE. So go [...]

How to Get A Huge Pile Of Awesome Ideas In Ten Minutes Or Less

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When was the last time you got stuck on what to write about next? Or (if you’re like me) stayed up until the wee hours of the morning with your fingers frozen on the keyboard because you’re supposed to have a blog post up in a matter of hours and you’ve got nothing? This was me [...]

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 [...]