No One Writes Without Fear
Emerging authors want to be heard and understood, and that journey can be scary. Here are 5 tips to guide your memoir writing process.
Tips For Writers
7 easy ways to stay present, centered, and well
We won’t go into details, but we are fairly certain everyone knows what we mean when we say that our world is an uncertain place right now. Though it would be incredibly easy to get sucked into the turmoil around us, authors and artists need to take extra care to stay focused and centered and …
Spring Cleaning for your Author Website
Ahhh, spring is in the air and along with it comes the urge to update, refresh and renew everything. From closets to backyards, whipping things into shape with a fresh coat of this or a rearranging of that is a freeing and exciting feeling. Little do authors know, their online spaces need the same TLC …
The Content Conundrum | What Authors Can Blog About
Guest post by Becky Flansburg Blogging is such an invaluable tool for authors. There are a lot of different definitions for a blog, but put simply, a blog (short for \”web log\”) is a website or part of a website where you can post regular entries of opinion pieces, news, case studies, your email newsletter …
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How to be Humble and Kind Online
Anyone who has spent more than 15 minutes on Twitter these days knows that it can sometimes tend to be a volatile place to be social. The same can be said for virtually all on line platforms, but when it comes right down to it, we are all expected to conduct ourselves in a civilized and …
Building an Author Platform |Driving Traffic to Your Website
What is that authors want most? Other than being able to create and express themselves, they often want validation for their months (sometimes years) of blood sweat and tears that went into bringing their literary work to life. Though not all authors write and publish \” for the money,\” books sales are an important in …
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The Secret to Following Your Dreams by Jamie Ridler
Guest post by artist, podcaster and teacher, Jamie Ridler What if your dreams weren’t on some distant horizon but rather your best companion, living in your heart, ready to be of service and to help you right now? Meet Your Dream So often we are only able to recognize our dream in its full-blown incarnation. …
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Six Simple Ways to Use Storytelling as Teaching Tools (Guest Post)
Guest Post by Jim Weiss Storytelling as Teaching Tools Stories are spectacularly successful learning tools. Many studies show that children whose parents tell and/or read stories to them from an early age turn out to be better readers and students later on. Furthermore, you are twenty times more likely to remember information if you …
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The Creative Part of Writing doesn\’t start with \”Someday\”
Ever heard someone, presumably, a person with dreams and aspirations for being an author, say this? \”Someday I\’ll get to writing my book.\” We all know what it\’s like to be busy and life has a way of getting in the way sometimes too. But here\’s the rub… …\”Someday\” isn\’t writing. Writing is writing. What …
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Define your vision. ACT. Reach your goals | Your Writing Journey
(guest post from Becky Flansburg) One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. “Which road do I take? “she asked the smug feline. “Where do you want to go?” was his response. “I don’t know,” Alice answered. “Then,” said the cat. “It doesn’t …
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