Best of the Blogs—the best posts I’ve read this week on writing, editing, publishing and marketing your book. Writing Plot Problems First, Kristen Lamb is back with her usual sensitive discussion on we can improve our writing. No, wait. Kristen does kickboxing, not sensitive (and she might call this post Six Simple Reasons Our Story …
Best of the blogs—the best posts of the week on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing your book. Writing Opening Hook How to Make a Grand Opening is a great post from Tina Ann Forkner visiting Writers in the Storm. We all know—as readers and as writers—that those opening paragraphs are vital. In this post, Tina …
I’m back with best of the blogs, the best posts I’ve found this week on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing. What’s the best or most useful post you’ve read this week? Let me know in the comments. Writing Conflict in Romance In Conflict – Avoid the Easy Route, posted at Romance University, editor Julie Sturgeon …
I’ve just been interviewed by Christine Dillon, a missionary and author who is currently in the final stages of publishing her first novel. We discuss my journey into editing, and what an editor does. She also asks me about my own writing, and about my volunteer roles with Australasian Christian Writers and other writing organisations. …
Writing #AuthorToolBoxBlogHop This week was the monthly Author ToolBox Blog Hop hosted by Raimey Gallant. Over twenty writers shared their tips on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing. Erika Timar has helpfully compiled a listing of all the posts—and there are some good ones. I’ve included a couple of my favourites in this post. LM Durand …
Last week I talked about how I use Buffer as my main tool to manage my social media sharing. This week I’m talking SocialJukebox, the tool I for ongoing sharing of evergreen posts (posts that aren’t time-sensitive). What is SocialJukebox? SocialJukebox is pretty much what the name says: a jukebox, but with a modern spin. …
What Is Buffer? Buffer (www.Buffer.com) is one of many programmes that allows users to manage their social media posting. Other popular options include Hootsuite and MeetEdgar. I like and recommend Buffer because I think it has a better user interface than Hootsuite, and it’s not as expensive as MeetEdgar. Buffer Plans Buffer’s free plan allows …
Last week was all writing craft, and this week is marketing (well, almost all marketing)! Marketing Branding First, two linked posts from Kristine Rusch on branding and discoverability. There are a lot of things that make sense in here (including a brief explanation of why non-fantasy readers like myself still love the Harry Potter series). …
Best of the Blogs: the best posts I’ve read this week on writing, editing, publishing, and marketing. Although mostly on writing, thanks to the #AuthorToolBoxBlogHop hosted by Raimey Gallant. (Click here to read my contribution to the blog hop). Writing Passive Voice What’s The Deal With Passive Voice, from ML Keller, is one of the …
Should authors read reviews? That was the question Jordan Dane posed at The Kill Zone blog last week. I also saw the same question addressed in an author Facebook group I’m a member of, and (indirectly) on Seth Godin’s blog. Three times in three days. That must be significant … I’m not yet a published …
