Here’s a handy cheat sheet

Why would you need to know HTML 5, you might ask? I’m a writer. Others, like me, know how useful HTML and CSS are to customizing our WordPress templates or working around the many WordPress limitations. I’m always switching to the text window to enter code. My banner at the bottom of this page was added using code.

Coding is a little less difficult with a handy cheat sheet. (Image courtesy of Inspirationfeed.)

I stumbled across this handy HTML5 cheat sheet and thought I’d share it. I was surprised at the number of useful tags I hadn’t picked up on yet. Even if you don’t use HTML yet, hang on to the bookmark. You never know when you’ll need it.

Book Reviews

 IT’S BACK AGAIN!! IT’S BLOG BLITZ DAY!!

THE WRITERS’ CONFERENCE & BOOK EXPO, 2017!

AND YOU ARE INVITED!!!

 Writers and Readers! We had an amazing time last year. There will be so much to see and do and learn.

 These are the sessions’ various topics to be presented…

 Avoiding Plagiarism

Book Marketing 2.0 (beyond Social Media)

Book Marketing via Social Media

Crafting Believable Scenes

Grammarly and Why You Need It

How To Keep Your Blog Buzzing & Busy!

How to Show and Not Tell

Media Kit Creation

Most Effective Writing Tools for Authors

No Time to Write? What You Should Be Doing Until Your Next Big Release to Stay Relevant

Taking Your Author Platform to the Next Level

And much much more!

 It will be a virtual reality of information you won’t want to miss.

 So click on the links below for more…

Copy editors, the unsung heroes of the writing world, are finally getting recognition. Unfortunately, it is because they face losing their jobs.

Hundreds of the New York Times employees walked out June 29 to protest the elimination of  the Times’ stand-alone copy desk where about 100 copy editors toil away to make the paper readable and accurate. Those folks have been “invited” to apply for 50 copy editing positions that will be available. (For an in depth look, see the Washington Post’s “Why hundreds of New York Times employees staged a walkout.” )

For years I have watched as copy editing positions were eliminated in favor of “streamlining” communication. The result has always been mistakes, confusion, and inaccuracy flooding through (not to mention hideously bad grammar and usage).

Modern communication, especially news, is focused on speed. The faster you can get the information out, the better. Copy editing slows things…

Writing with an outline, by pantsing or somewhere between.

Where do you fall?

Everyone has an opinion, but there is no right or wrong solution, just the right one for you.

I spent most of this year studying various outlining styles, trying to find one that fits my style. What did I learn in the last six months?

What did I learn in the last six months about outlining?

• There is a multitude of ways to outline.
• An outline can be fluid.
• You can choose to write without one.
• Outlining can suck the life out of a story even before you start writing.
• Or can be a road map to the end.
• Scrivener is still a writer’s number one go to for outlining.
• There is no right or wrong way.

I also learned…

• I’m a panster. Stick with what you know is a good thing.
• But I can outline a “little bit” as…

We would like to take this time to send a special thank you to Copyright Alliance for featuring our brand on their site for their 5 question weekly interview series! We appreciate the love and support shown and are extremely grateful for the opportunity!

Copyright Alliance is a unified community that advocates for policies that promote and preserve the value of copyright, and protect the rights of creators and innovators all over the world including the United States. This growing brand represents creators of all kind including authors, photographers, performers, artists, software developers, musicians, journalists, directors, songwriters, game designers, book publishers, motion picture studios, software companies, music publishers, sound recording companies, sports leagues, broadcasters, guilds, unions, magazine and newspaper publishers just to name a few.

Obtaining knowledge on copyrights is very important as a creator in order to protect your creations, efforts and investments for the public to enjoy. Check…