Writing Help and Advice for All
Calling all authors support your libraries
Originally posted on galesmind:
Let’s start a movement!! If you write, donate your signed books to your local library and volunteer to read them. You get followers and future readers they get you in person. If you have books donate them to small libraries that have so few and little money to buy more. Get…
An Open Letter to #Indie #Authors regards Marketing Yourselves…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
You KNOW I love you ALL to PIECES and I try to help you any way I can – BUT…I’m not an ape who beats around the bush (except to find food of course) so I’ll say it straight… You’re driving me spare with frustration……
What do I do if I have to cancel a booking?
Originally posted on LibroEditing proofreading, editing, transcription, localisation:
As a freelancer, how do you handle it when something unexpected and important comes up – and I’m talking about those rare events like illness or a household emergency – and you have to postpone and cancel jobs that you’ve already booked in? Last week, something happened…
Social Media for Writers Who Hate Social Media Pt. 1
Originally posted on WORD SAVANT:
When I visit my dad, retirement is a topic that often comes up. He’s in his mid-sixties, runs the business founded by my grandparents, and works harder than anyone else I know. As he considers selling his business, he also talks about setting the business on a slightly different path:…
Do You Desire Improved Blog Growth?
Originally posted on Reflections:
Use Blog Directories to improve your blog’s growth. Are you satisfied with your efforts to grow your blog? Do you feel you’ve done everything in your power to add new readership? One way you can get your blog to grow is through referral traffic from blog directories. You can submit your…
How the hashtag do #Authors use Twitter? #pubtips
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Images from ShutterStock. TWITTER FOR AUTHORS Almost all authors know about Twitter. Few authors feel that they really know how to use it. Some authors believe that Twitter isn’t as effective for book marketing as it once was. Other authors believe Twitter isn’t for them. Yet many authors do use Twitter…
10 Inspiring Facts for Indie Authors
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
I found this wonderful post on Wise Ink Creative Publishing and am sharing. As always, there’s been some editing to add my thoughts, but you can read the original post on the Wise Ink‘s website. 10 Inspiring Facts for Indie Authors If I had a dime for each time one…
Put a Video Trailer on Amazon’s Author Central
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
AUTHOR VIDEO I created an author video and uploaded it to Amazon’s Author Central today. If interested, you can check it out on my author page: https://amazon.com/author/chrismcmullen It’s incredibly simple: You just make a video, upload it to Author Central, and wait up to 24 hours for the video to be…
3 Ways to Design the Perfect Title
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
My current project is nearing completion (at least the rough draft is). Throughout the project the novel has taken on several title changes, namely because the plot of the novel shifted, the thematic focus changed or what drove the protagonist phase-shifted. The novel I have written is a…
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