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How Not to Market Your Book – 12 Rookie Mistakes – by Frances Caballo…
on Social Media Just for Writers:
Did you just publish your first book? It’s an exciting time, isn’t it? You’re probably thinking that now it’s time to market your book.
To learn about how to market your book, you’re probably reading blog posts like mine and absorbing as much information as you can.
Writers put so much energy into writing their books that they have little time to think about marketing them until the final edit is done.
That’s when your head tends to come up and when you stop typing. You think to yourself, “It’s time to publish!”
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Mistakes You Make When You Market Your Book
Why you need to network at conferences
Authors – please choose your editor carefully #writingcommunity #amwriting #selfpublishing
Good Morning! ICCD!
Good Morning! I wanted to write something about childhood cancer today. Today, 15 Feb 2019, is International Childhood Cancer Day. The link to learn more about what ICCD is doing is found here as well. Please visit their site and learn all about what is new and going on with this organization.
This is something extremely close to my heart, as most of you know that my youngest son, Sammy, suffered a horrid cancer battle. Please pray and send good thoughts and vibes, the world over, for these children.
Gold ribbons represent children who have, or had childhood cancer, as well as those who have passed away due to this disease. I have a new ribbon each year, with Sam’s name on it, placed on the Candlelighters National Christmas Tree. But today is International Childhood Cancer Day. I have a One Voice link for you and one in which you, my reader, can Act Now.
Thank you.
My 2019 ICCD shirt with Sammy’s name on it.
The Plight of Grammar in Writing
by Doug Lewars
“have it your talking may about you Good can’t what to to reader overrated you’re some idea grammar if ignored. when be but be want writing it entirely comes”
The above is a random collection of words – literally random – I used a random number generator in Excel to produce them; however, before being randomized they were once a coherent sentence. The original sentence was ‘Good grammar may be overrated when it comes to writing but it can’t be entirely ignored if you want your reader to have some idea what you’re talking about.’
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Writing: Ways to Learn the Craft
Writing is a skill, and like all skills it cane be learned and honed. Some people have a natural talent and flare for certain things, others have to try a little harder. Wherever you stand, if you love writing you should write. And if you’d like to improve and grow there are plenty of ways to do so.
1. Write
Let’s start with the simple and most effective answer. Write. You learn as you do, and you improve as you do. As with all skills, you will get better with practice and perseverance.
2. Read Fiction
If you’re writing fiction, you’ll learn a great deal about what you like/don’t like by reading fiction. You’ll get a sense of what works and what doesn’t. And if you’re going to tell stories, it’s important to get used to the way stories are shaped. (This can also be done by…
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UPDATED WRITERS RESOURCES INDEX…
In an ever evolving effort to make this blog a better resource to Authors, Writers, poets and fellow bloggers, I have created these pages to index various external sites and in-blog articles that I hope will be useful, just click on the links below to be taken to the relevant pages:
Smashwords vs. Draft2Digital – by Melinda Clayton…
on Indies Unlimited:
It’s been a while since we’ve had a post outlining the similarities and differences between Smashwords and Draft2Digital (D2D), and since both have made changes over the years, now seems like a good time.
When Angels Fly 