Want more tips like these? Check out my free newsletter. The difference between a mediocre writer and an excellent writer often comes down to whether you can tighten your own copy. Eliminating unnecessary words makes every story cleaner, easier to follow and all-around professional. I’ve long enjoyed editing, which is why I’ve edited friends’ chapters, […]
Helpful slash awesome links from this week: Reuters photographers tell the stories behind their best photos of the year. Don’t miss this one — it will make you think. Rachelle Gardner had two great posts this week: one on how it’s normal to hate your book (yay!), another on platform-building and marketing. Problogger offers 9 […]
I’m super excited about revising my manuscript again, and incorporating suggestions from my agent. But unlike my first 86 revisions, this time it’s not the changes that are daunting. This time, it’s finding the time to make those changes. Between my full-time journalism job and my part-time social media business, I no longer have entire […]
For every newbie author, there are firsts on the road to publication. There are the Big Firsts, like landing your first book deal and seeing your published book on a store shelf for the first time. But there are also lots of Little Firsts, firsts we each need to experience before hitting the big ones. […]
My first big project at the new job launches Monday! So it’s been a busy week around here. Yet I still make time for Google Reader and Twitter links (barely). My favorites from this week: If you need help creating a Facebook page for your author brand or book, The Creative Penn offers a basic […]
Links from this week you won’t want to miss: 7 tips for travel blogging, from Problogger. The Creative Penn offers advice on Facebook Marketing For Authors. Experiment with all the online tools you want, but always ask yourself: Is this helping to move me forward? Good stuff from Chris Brogan. Nathan Bransford says, “Queries, manuscripts, […]
A year and a half ago, I asked readers of this blog for help coming up with a title for my book. It made sense to ask for your opinion because many of you followed me here after reading my travel blog, so you were familiar with my travel tales. From a list of possible […]
I love sharing fabulous resources on this blog. I enjoyed bringing you Mira’s List. And Marian Schembari. And The Creative Penn. Today we’re adding another to the ranks: C. Hope Clark and her FundsforWriters. Through her popular newsletter, website and blog, Hope helps writers find grants, contests, freelance gigs and other resources that can help […]
It’s a lot more difficult to get through my Google Reader now that I have a full-time (and part-time) job. And I’m certainly not spending as much time browsing interesting links on Twitter as I used to. But I still think it’s important to keep up with what’s happening in the writing, travel and social […]
When your literary agent tweets something like this, then tells you she was referring to your book, it pretty much makes your day.