Another year has passed, and as was the tradition of last year, my final blog for 2018 will roundup of some of your favorite posts, my favorite posts, and other writerly things I discovered throughout the year. Your Favorite Blog Posts Based on the stats in WordPress, these were the top five posts based on …
“Keep your prose active.” It’s one of the most well-known pieces of writing advice and one of the most frustrating. Sometimes when writing, especially when you’re first starting out, you have no idea what words are making your prose non-active. You’re just writing, using the words that sound right. It’s not until you see the difference creating an …
Not all words are created equal, and as a writer, you can devote many hours to finding the best perfect one. While playing with word choice and re-writing sentences until you get them just right can help capture what you’re trying to invoke, a weak word can do the opposite. But how do you know …
Words. You can’t be a writer without them. We use them to convey our thoughts and feelings, to create worlds and the characters living in them. Words give us our voice, but they can also muddle it. Just because you can write using all the words doesn’t mean that you should. Being too wordy can …
Whether you're self-published or in the hands of a publishing house, being a writer today means that you are expected to have a social media presence. The prospect of having to start and maintain social media accounts can be just as daunting as taking those first tentative steps into submissions. But just as sending off …
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This is the first blog in the series: Social Media for Writers. Click here for links to the other blogs, or continue reading to find out my tips and advice for blogs. Blogs Not every writer has a blog, and it’s certainly not a requirement. A blog is a big commitment and I avoided starting …
This is the second blog in the series: Social Media for Writers. Click here for links to the other blogs, or continue reading to find out my tips and advice for Instagram. Instagram My number one social media tip is to ease into it. I started with just one platform and that was Instagram. I’ve …
This is the third blog in the series: Social Media for Writers. Click here for links to the other blogs, or continue reading to find out my tips and advice for Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Facebook I’m fairly new to using Facebook as an author, and I’ve found the great thing about Facebook is the …
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