Authors need to know more than what kind of content to share on Instagram.|

When used correctly, hashtags can help authors connect with new readers and grow a massive audience on Instagram. Hashtags are how people find posts about specific topics they are interested in. That makes hashtags a fantastic way for you to connect with readers you might not have discovered otherwise.

More often than not, when I see authors struggling with Instagram, they are not using hashtags correctly – or at all.

Use Hashtags to Connect Directly With New Readers

read more: https://www.mixtusmedia.com/blog/130-of-the-best-hashtags-for-authors-on-instagram

You’ve seen this type of click prompt, I know you have.

But do you know how to add one to your blog?

A “Tweet Here” or “Tweet This” in the middle of your post.

It’s easy!

• Go to the website Click to Tweet, log in using Twitter. This provides a direct link to Twitter.

• After you’ve logged in, a dashboard screen pops up. Copy and paste the line or paragraph you want to be tweeted.

• Generate a shortened URL link.

• Use this super easy website called Click here and Tweet.
• Just connect the link to the phrase, word or picture you want to be tweeted.

Find out how to add a Tweet button in the middle of your blog post. 

Learning to tweet is easy. 

Is this clearer than mud?

Have you added Tweet This links to your blog before?

Will you try now?

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I do a lot of critiques for different writers during the week. Some of the writers are very polished; others, not so much.

The one thing I’ve noticed in all levels, is an abundance of adverbs. I must admit, I get jealous at how prettified some of those sentences read. I can’t write like that. My brain isn’t wired that way.

According to William Noble, many inexperienced writers, and I will add unpublished- but have been around the block a few times writers, throw in “pretty” words(adverbs or adjectives) to make their prose more dramatic and meaningful. These cosmetic touch-ups often turn out to be  redundant or simply uninspiring.

Adverbs bog down your story without adding meaning.

He zoomed around the oval speedily.-Is it possible to zoom without speeding?

He stutteredhaltingly.-Can you stutter without doing it haltingly?

Adverbs tell/ You want to show  Adverbs encourage lazy writing.

He whispered to herlovingly.

Written by Eric C., MA., PhD Candidate

“Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me.” ~Anonymous

I wish the above quote was true. Unless we are machine or lack human emotions, words and actions have a profound effect on the way we feel about ourselves and the world around us. In our current society we have become hyper-aware and sensitive to bullying. We are quick to notice this taboo behavior in others and readily condemn it. It is possible that some of us fail to see the same behavior in ourselves. It’s time to take off our blinders and become more self-aware that we may be exhibiting the same behaviors towards others even though we will not tolerate this behavior from others. Self-awareness leads to personal growth. Through positive evolution we become happier and tend to have healthier relationships in general.

Here are some signs of an emotional…

A bed that should have been cold and lonely, turned out to be a warm place filled with love. The feeling of the soft yarn over my cold weary skin gave me a sense of assurance; that someone was praying for me by name, someone was thinking about me, someone loves me, and someone shared my pain.

It was that season when I was in and out of the hospital. On that 14 the floor; one that was dedicated to liver cancer. I had to get through it, I needed to stay strong.

One of the best gifts I ever received were a couple of blankets from friends;

Prayer blanket; this was orange with a brown strip and it was made by a group of women that prayed for every piece of yarn rolled in. They prayed for me by name; since every blanket is made on order even though…