From Numbers to Publishing a Blog
Do you want to publish a great blog? Step one is easy: gather as much information as you can find before beginning to publish more on your blog. Write it down. Use Google Analytics as a starting point. Step…
How To Books: How To Pick the Right One For You
I’m very independent. Obnoxiously so. If I can teach myself how do something I will get the tools I need. Sometimes tools are as simple as directions from Grandma on how to make her soup or words of advice on…
Are You Thinking Big?
This is a business. This is your business. You are the creator of your business. As professional writers, and we’ve all read this so many times, part of your business and creating your business if the art of changing plans…
Freedom with Writing
In general, most writers publish their work with the intent of earning some income. The idea is that over time they publish more and there will be a snowball effect that happens to them. That vision of money and not…
Is There Such A Thing as A Writer’s Brand?
The comment can be made that writers are a bit obsessed with writing, and promoting this writing. what they don’t think about, at least at first is how they are a brand. Writers are creative people by nature and the…
Taking Action in Writing
Inertia: is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion, including changes to its speed and direction. It is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at constant velocity. There…
Writing Great Content, Your Brand, and Passion
Content: 1) Write. Simple and effective, and often not done as much as people would like to admit to. Write a post on your blog, then post it. Write a few pages of a novel or a non-fiction book, but…
Book Review: Ruby by Cynthia Bond
I’ve never been a follower of Oprah. The occasional moment flits on t.v. or the must watch YouTube clip. The “You get a car” moments or Tom Cruise leaping up on a couch confessing his love for Katie Holmes. But…