Are you participating in Camp NaNo this year? What is Camp NaNo? National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, takes place every November. It is an intense challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Over the years, the NaNoWriMo community has grown and developed such an amazing support system. Every year, I try …
The other day, someone asked me, yet again, why I write. When I first came across this question, I didn’t know the answer. I didn’t know my WHY and my writing never really went anywhere. It took me a long time to understand, but for the first time, I was actually able to give an …
With the holidays coming up, you might be wondering what kind of gifts to get for your writer friends. Writers can be a strange bunch. What others might find nerdy or boring, most writers will find amusing or extremely useful. I’ve asked a few of my writer friends what their favorite writing-themed gifts are and …
Marie Kondo Has a Point, but That Doesn’t Mean Purging Your Books is the Only Way. In 2018, I read the Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo. Then, on the very first day of 2019, the show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo made its appearance on Netflix. It is the hot topic of the month. Of course, that …
The textbook definition of content marketing is the creation and sharing of material online in order to indirectly promote a brand (i.e. blogs, videos, podcasts, lead magnets, social media, etc.) In the past, a salesman could go door to door and make a living selling his products. Not anymore. The rise of social media and …
Why is starting an author blog recommended to writers as a way to market themselves to readers? In short, blogging is the best way to build your author platform. There is so much noise out there on how to market your books. One person says you need to get on Instagram. Another says YouTube is …
One of the most common questions I get from authors is, “What should I blog about?” Blogging is recommended as one of the best marketing tactics out there, but many writers are unsure of how to make it work for them. In the hopes I can help somebody out there, I decided I would put …
You’ve decided to finally build your author website. You know what you want to write about, but not sure what goes into formatting your author blog. Don’t let the unknown scare you out of blogging. Formatting your author blog does not have to be complicated. In fact, there are a few simple things that can …
Once you’ve written your blog post, you will still need to promote it. This is when the real work begins. Get it in front of people so they click on it, come back to your site, and read it! After all, the more eyes that get on your post, the more successful it will be. …
When I first started blogging for myself, on my own website, I didn’t really know what I was doing. I knew I had to write regular blog posts and post my content on social media, but I didn’t know a single thing about the importance of email marketing. But email marketing has some really terrific …
