@LucindaSMcDowel As you read today’s blog I am knee-deep in launching a new book. With all that entails. Including the uneasy feeling of “self-promotion” which, frankly, is a struggle for me. You too? Yeah, it’s that whole tension between being excited about sharing our words with the world and being…

@EdieMelson I spend a lot of time speaking with people about social media, and in almost every instance the same three concerns come up. First, the person I’m talking to shares his belief that social media posts are irrelevant and inane. This statement is then followed by the infamous example…

@CindyDevoted The email asked, "Would you be a beta reader?" Before there was ample time to think it through, you shot an email back with an emphatic, "Yes." A few days later, a pdf or paper book arrive along with Beta Reader Instructions. Becoming a beta reader comes with it's perks…

@EdieMelson Today I want to jump into one of the most important tool in your social media arsenal, hashtags. Hashtags—especially for Twitter—can be incredibly valuable in helping us increase out audience. But only if we learn to use them correctly. They’re not that hard, but there are some rules you…

@DiAnnMills Writers are often asked to volunteer, give of their time and talents, bend, stretch, and fed guilt-lines to convince them to edit, speak, teach, write, mentor for free, and the list goes on. This is probably you. Please don’t misinterpret my thoughts here: a willingness to serve is a…

@ADGansky Often, as writers, we tend to take the path of least resistance. We’ll throw in a tired, worn-out cliché because it’s easier than actually thinking of an original description. The result is a lot of the same stories with the same characters and the same “plot-twists.” Unfortunately, nothing makes…