on The Blood-Red Pencil: In keeping with this month’s theme of “new tricks” for writers, I decided I’d write a bit about how the Internet has changed things for those of us who ply our trade with words. Not that it is all that new for young writers who’ve grown up with the internet, but […]

via Four Mistakes New Writers Make – by Maryann Miller… — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

Originally posted on Fiction Favorites: ? Today I’m a guest at Maryann Miller’s blog, Maryann Writes. When I was a new writer, I learned many things by trial and error. Some of what I learned I forgot and had to keep relearning and others I managed to save. I developed a list of five things…

via Five Things to Remember as a New Writer- Guest Post at @maryannwrites — Legends of Windemere

Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: This is a guest post by Linda Cartwright. Linda is an educator and a writer on the verge of coming out as an independent author after years of freelancing and ghost-writing. Her darkest secret is that writing is only her second favorite thing to do… after reading. You can…

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on Front Edge Publishing: Congratulations! The last keystrokes have been hit and your new book is finished! Your book is out of your hands and into the hands of a capable copy editor. Is it time to hit the beach? Time for a writing sabbatical? Heck NO! Now the really hard work gets started! Now […]

via 20 Book Marketing Tips For Effective Authors: How many of these have you checked off? – by Susan Stitt… — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

This is a guest post by Stewart Dunlop. Stewart is a full-time content marketer at Foundr and part-time reader, gamer & footballer. You can follow or tweet him @stewydunlop. How to Develop Your Brand as a Book Author From a literary point of view, we live in blessed times! Thanks to the development of modern […]

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on Writing Forward: It’s not possible to improve your writing overnight, unless you hire an expert to do it for you. People study the craft for years, decades even, and still they strive to make each piece of writing better than the last. Sure, there might be some quick tricks and shortcuts you can pick […]

via 21 Ways to Improve Your Writing – by Melissa Donovan… — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

on Just Publishing Advice: Do you really need all those Microsoft Office programs just to write? Writers write words. Are you a writer? I’m sure you don’t prepare business plans with charts and graphs. You don’t use online collaboration tools. You don’t schedule meetings for a group of directors. I doubt if you would ever need […]

via 10 Totally Free Microsoft Word Alternatives For Writers – by Derek Haines… — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

by Savannah Cordova “Failures are just learning opportunities that have presented themselves successfully.” If you’ve come across that sentiment before, it’s probably because there are countless quotes from numerous successful people about the value of making mistakes. If you’ve read a few self-help books or follow any motivational influencers in Instagram, it may […]

via 5 Common Writing and Publishing Mistakes First-Time Authors Make — A Writer’s Path

If people have been able to make plans for the future of many perishable material possessions or property, and succeeded at it, then you are more than capable of planning and materializing your own earthly and eternal future. When it comes to forward-thinking, the most important thing you always have to remember is that where you were and where you are, are not as important as where you are heading to. Yesterday might have either been cruel, or even a success, but tomorrow has greater promise—look towards it! In this regard, everybody has a great deal of precious lessons to learn from forward-thinking companies. (Featured image credit: Pixabay.com.)

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I’ll let you in on a little secret about something that that generally only comes to mind as an afterthought, but that can have a significant impact on how well people read, respond, and retain what you have to say. Want to make your blog posts better? Read on.

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