by Maggie Wallem Rowe Last month in this space, we talked about the problem of platform – will a publisher be interested in your work without a big one? (For a refresher, click here.) But before you even begin to build a platform, you need to establish your identity as…

By Heather Kreke @HKreke Hey everyone, guess what? Writers Digest is accepting nominations for the top 101 writing websites. Would you consider nominating the BRMCWC site as one of them? We would be humbled, honored, excited, thrilled, and a bunch of other good adjectives, that this writer's brain is too full…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Every writer needs connections to other writers—whether you are brand new or like me have been in publishing for decades. Last month in part one, I encouraged you to use LinkedIn to expand your publishing network and gave you some ideas about positioning your profile and…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Today's post is short and sweet, but I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it! 1. Thou shalt always promote others ahead of thyself. 2. Thou shalt not have a running self-promotion and/or commercial for thy newsfeed. 3. Thou shalt add…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson “I’m not getting any traction with social media,” is one of the complaints I hear a lot as I travel and teach writers how to connect. There are a lot of reasons people feel this way, a few are legit, but most are just unreasonable expectations.…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson It's October and in honor of Halloween, I just couldn't resist a tongue-in-cheek post about something scary. After spending the fall traveling and teaching social media I have plenty of fears to share. Lest you think this is me pointing fingers, let me reassure you. EVERY…