So many great links this week! Eat your heart out: Don’t look for a job as a writer, look for a job as a communicator, says Hope Clark. She’s right that this will broaden your opportunity. How long does it take to get published? Finally! Someone — that someone being literary agent Steve Laube — […]
Happy Friday! Links you might want to read over the weekend: Keppie Careers hits the nail on the head with this one: Why you should use Twitter. Wish I’d explained it this way myself. Though I still think one Facebook page is best, this is an excellent post from Nathan Bransford about Facebook for authors. […]
Hello friends! Thanks for checking in for this week’s roundup of links. Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: Are you too busy to blog? Chris Garrett suggests ways to blog more productively. Fascinating read from The New York Times: The threatening scent of fertile women. Blogging isn’t dead, it’s just evolving, says Mathew […]
How is it Friday already? Links: Do we have less time to read these days? I feel that way, and I don’t even have kids yet. From The Wall Street Journal’s The Juggle blog. Wanna make big things happen? Make big plans, says Seth Godin. Love this list of blogs for writers, from My Name […]
First things first: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! (Yes, she reads the blog.) Links to keep you busy this weekend: At WordCount, 10 ways to make editors fall in love with your book. Lifehacker informs us that Kindle page numbers now correspond with paper books! An interesting take on travel blogging and freebies, from No Beaten Path. […]
Some great links from this week: Publicist Jessica Lawlor tells how she helped an author publicize her book launch. Must-read piece from The Online Journalism Review about how to make money from writing. Brutal but truthful column from The New York Times on the problem with MEmoir. “If you didn't feel you were discovering something […]
It’s that time of the week again! Links to keep you busy this weekend: To increase your writing income, the Writing Coach tell us how to eliminate distractions. This is a new blog I stumbled upon recently, and it’s worth a browse. Some good ideas in this short video on pitching travel pieces for publication. […]
Happy Friday! Some helpful and interesting links from this week: Love this post from soon-to-be author Doug Mack about his first draft by the numbers. The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece on how authors now move their own merchandise. Penelope Trunk his the nail on the head with this post about how to […]
Helpful and/or interesting links from this week: Going to a conference? Hope Clark offers tips on how to prepare so you get the most out of it. When we travel, we often find ourselves alone, says Chris Guillebeau. But that doesn’t necessarily mean we’re lonely. Most visitors to your website don’t scroll down. What does […]
Thanks, all, for the birthday wishes on my last post! Other than slipping in the shower first thing in the morning and nearly breaking my hip (thank you, universe, for rubbing it in… and yes, I turned 30, not 70), the day was fabulous. I’m lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life. […]