5 Surprising Ways Writers Can Use LinkedIn
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The Renegade Writer About Us Free Query Packet E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Freelance Writer’s Blast Off Thanks for Buying My E-Books Tweet Jump to Comments 5 Surprising Ways Writers Can Use LinkedIn This is a guest post by Susan . Johnston Most freelance writers spend countless hours on Facebook and Twitter . But if you want to connect with decision-makers and build your professional network , then LinkedIn is where it’s at . With over 100 million users in over 200 countries , the networking site offers lots of useful features for freelances . Here are five that you may not know about . 1. Follow the News With news aggregators , blogs , Twitter , Facebook , and Google there are lots of ways to current on the topics you cover ,
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Home Humanities Culture Literature Bad or Late Review No Problem By Blogging Authors 11 hours ago Read more : Negative reviews Publicity Writing Writing Publishing getting a bad review positive review Guest Post by Jacqueline Church Simonds It’s not easy to be a self-publisher , or an unknown author . Sometimes it seems as if the whole book industry is deliberately against you . It’s hard to get reviews—and then someone gives you a negative review What do you do Sit down , take a deep breath , and examine what’s happening without your old pal , . ego I am an editor and book packager . About 2 years ago , I did a book for a client , called Wanted : Gentleman Bank Robber : The True Story of Leslie Ibsen Rogge , One of the FBI's Most Elusive Criminals It’s about his bank robber uncle who
: Home Humanities Culture Literature Renting an Apartment and Having a Dog : Stimulating Exercise By Blogging Authors 17 hours ago Read more : pets dog training training a dog apartment livng with dog dog in apartment Guest Post by Jackie Phillips Are you willing to provide enough exercise for your dog Give your dog physically stimulating exercises . Dogs need exercise , just like people . Your dog’s daily exercise requirement will vary depending on your dog’s breed , age , health and overall activity level . How do you determine how much exercise your dog needs Dog breeds are grouped together by what they were originally bred to do . Some dogs were bred to hunt animals , some were bred to herd animals , some were bred to pull large sleds or wagons , and even some were bred to fight other
I've always thought that if I were to ever write a memoir, it'd be the most boring 80,000 words in the history of publishing (or at least a close second to this). My life has, thus far, been fun, entertaining and interesting to me, but how would that translate into an interesting story? Then I started reading the 5-Minute Memoir. Read more
The final chapter in this series on self-publishing is about how to publish an eBook. If you haven’t done so already, please read: Self-Publishing Part 1: How to Write a Book Self-Publishing Part 2: Preparing to Self-Publish a Book Self-Publishing Part 3: Printing a Book Self-Publishing Part 4: Book Marketing and Distribution How Much to Charge for Your eBook One other [...]Self-Publishing Part 5: How to Publish an eBook is a post from: Now Media Marketing
Well, this is the last Wednesday Poetry Prompts until December, because we’ll be poeming every single day in the month of November. If you haven’t checked out the 2011 November PAD Chapbook … Read more
The Renegade Writer About Us Free Query Packet E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Freelance Writer’s Blast Off Thanks for Buying My E-Books Tweet Jump to Comments What Freelance Writers Should Do When They’re Desperate This is a guest post by Carol . Tice Have you ever felt like you were just going to explode if you couldn’t get a writing assignment right away It happens even to seasoned freelance writers . The work dries up and all of a sudden you really , really need a new . gig To sum up , you’re . desperate The problem Once you’re desperate , you tend to start doing desperate . things You drop your rates . Or you don’t do any marketing because you’re too . depressed Your pitches take on a sort of pleading tone that only attracts
, Home Humanities Culture Literature Best of Times , Worst of Times for Book Authors By Blogging Authors 3 days ago Read more : eBooks Kindle Publicity Writing Writing Publishing Amazon Fire how to publish ebook Guest Posb by Phyllis Zimbler Miller Welcome to the best of times and the worst of times for authors , especially self-publishing authors who must navigate the shoals of the constantly changing publishing world on their . own The content platform opportunities available to authors keep exploding at what seems like the speed of . light With Amazon’s launch of its own tablet the Amazon Fire and other tablets being introduced to compete with the iPad , readers can now read ebooks on a huge selection of phones , ereader devices such as the Kindle and the Nook , and tablets as well as
November is known by most literati as National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. How it works: Start writing a 50,000-word novel on November 1 and finish by midnight on November 30th. I've participated in the event twice. First, let me share these three important takeaways from my experience. Read more
Songwriting Without Boundaries Lyric Writing Exercises for Finding Your Voice by Pat Pattison Writer’s Digest Books, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59963-297-1 $17.99, paperback, 240 pages Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song … Read more
5-Minute Memoir is exactly what it sounds like—a personal essay on some facet of the writing life, be it a narrative or a reflection, pensive, touching or hilarious. Enjoy this installment from Robert B Robeson. Read more
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I’ve been so busy running around the country I've hardly realized it's been several months have elapsed since Crown published my book, Radio Shangri-La. Here’s a bit of what this first-time author has learned.
First of all, let me say that I sent myself on the road. Most publishers these days are more likely to invest in what mine did, a “web tour,” where a third party is hired by and myriad blogs are approached with advance copies in exchange for the promise of a review. That was great; those free book giveaways that happened just as the book hit, to generate buzz. Read more
The Renegade Writer About Us Free Query Packet E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Freelance Writer’s Blast Off Thanks for Buying My E-Books Tweet Jump to Comments Did You Win the Opposite Idea” Contest Thanks to everyone who entered the contest to create the best opposite” idea I must say , I got a lot of great entries and it was hard to choose the best one . I was especially impressed with the writers who took on multiple titles or even all of them But this is the one that edged out all the others , written by : Kelly Are You Too Careful How Being Scam-Scavvy May Be Costing You” I would open with the story of Gail Davis , who hung up on a call informing her that she had won a 10,0000 iTunes card . The call was real . By dodging
What are First North American Serial Rights, how do they work and what does it mean for you when trying to get your writing published? Find out here. Read more
: Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good . gamebook Sunday , October 23, 2011 How to write a gamebook part 12 summary Marr's been writing gamebooks since the'mirror . incident' So we have come to the end of our how to write a gamebook journey . I'm glad that I have done it as it's helped me to organise my thoughts on gamebooks and get a clearer idea on what I need to do . Here are some parting things that I've : learnt Carry a notebook with you at all . times Get information from pretty much . anywhere Read gamebooks and sourcebooks for inspiration for . systems Come up with a good method to plan the book Get into a good routine Write , write write and don't give up give your book to others and listen to their .
: Home Humanities Culture Literature Excerpt : Temptation of a Good Man Delaney Diamond By davidmbrown 7 days ago Read more : romance Book excerpts book excerpt book sample contemporary romance delaney diamond goddess fish tour temptation of a good man virtual book tour Thank you to Delaney Diamond for visiting Book Bags and Cat Naps as part of her Virtual Book Tour with Goddess Fish Promotions . Delaney has kindly shared an excerpt from her new book , Temptation of a Good Man You can also read the interview with Delaney here Excerpt : Temptation of a Good Man Delaney Diamond Can true love be found after one night of passion Celeste Burton goes out with her girlfriends to celebrate turning thirty and winds up spending an unforgettable night with the man of her dreams . One week later , as
The Renegade Writer About Us Free Query Packet E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Freelance Writer’s Blast Off Thanks for Buying My E-Books Tweet Jump to Comments Last Chance to Join the Freelance Writers Den If you’ve been interested in joining Carol Tice’s Freelance Writers Den which includes goodies ranging from an active forum to a job board to free webinars the time is now . The doors close next Friday , Oct . 28. Full disclosure : That’s my affiliate link . I think Carol has as many members as she can handle right now And she’s a real ball of fire , so that’s saying a . lot For anybody who’s not in the Den by then , the only way to gain Den access in November will be to sign up for the 97 bootcamp How to Make Good Money Writing
Kristina Marie Darling is the author of three full-length poetry collections: Night Songs (Gold Wake Press); Compendium (Cow Heavy Books); and The Body is a Little Gilded Cage: A Story in Letters … Read more
The following is a guest post by Larry Kunz, a consultant with Systems Documentation, Inc. (SDI) Global Solutions. Writing a professional blog—whether you do it under your own name as Tom does, or under a company’s banner as I do—is about building a brand. By brand I mean the personality that you want to project. Just as companies have brands in the marketplace, individuals have ... more »
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford San Francisco , CA United States Nathan Bransford is the author of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW , a middle grade novel about three kids who blast off into space , break the universe , and have to find their way back home , which was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in May 2011. He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . but is now a publishing civilian working in the tech industry . He lives in San Francisco . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How the Publishing Process Works What Do Literary Agents Do How to Find a Literary Agent How to Write a Query Letter The Basic Query Letter Formula Examples of Good Queries How to Format
, The Renegade Writer About Us Free Query Packet E-Courses E-Books Phone Mentoring Query Critiques Free Teleclasses Guest Posting Contact Us Freelance Writer’s Blast Off Thanks for Buying My E-Books Tweet Jump to Comments Make an Editor Love You By Offering Solutions , Not Problems This week I screwed up big time . I was about to turn in an assignment for a national health magazine , and on rereading the assignment specs , I realized that I was supposed to write a pretty lengthy sidebar . I hadn’t even noticed that when I originally read the assignment letter Now the article was due in less than 24 hours and I had no sidebar . Even worse , I was headed for a five-day vacation the next . day What I could have done : I could have written to my editor and apologized profusely for the screw-up
Home Humanities Culture Literature The Writer as Time Traveler By Blogging Authors 9 days ago Read more : William Shakespeare Jane Austen time travel Publicity Writing Writing Publishing time travelling Guest Post by Sandra Clayton In stories about time travel the protagonist is always warning his crew not to do anything in one dimension that may affect another . Yet writers have been doing that for . centuries As an avid reader , if I ever got a seat in a time machine I should want to go forward rather than back because one of the most intriguing questions in literature is : Which writers will survive Which works being penned in our lifetime will still be avidly read in the 23 rd century Just as Jane Austen and Mark Twain are enjoyed today or , going even further back , William .
It took me a while, but I’ve finally landed on a winner for the Prose Poem challenge. I found great difficulty in choosing a winner, because the prose form seemed to liberate … Read more
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, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford San Francisco , CA United States Nathan Bransford is the author of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW , a middle grade novel about three kids who blast off into space , break the universe , and have to find their way back home , which was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in May 2011. He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . but is now a publishing civilian working in the tech industry . He lives in San Francisco . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How the Publishing Process Works What Do Literary Agents Do How to Find a Literary Agent How to Write a Query Letter The Basic Query Letter Formula Examples of Good Queries How to Format
In Designing Search, Greg Nudelman explains that one of the most overlooked places to help users who can’t find information is the page that appears when no search results are found. Greg writes, After the system indicates that the no search results condition occurred, it must now help the customer recover. Whenever you display a no search results page, always provide a helpful way forward ... more »
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I’m going to be on The Forge show today at 2pm EST. The Forge is a monthly web show put on by TechSmith, posted on their Visual Lounge blog. Here’s their description of The Forge: New to The Forge? Wonder what it’s all about? It’s TechSmith’s monthly webshow where we talk about screencapture, screencasting, visual communication and more. We share our tips and tricks and ... more »
When I read books to my little girls (ages 5 and 7), the pictures combined with story provide a captivating experience. I’ve often thought that if I wanted to create documentation that people actually read, maybe I should integrate these two same elements: picture and story. I’m not entirely sure what a product would look like that integrates these two elements, because technical writing usually ... more »
A few years ago, I was scouring magazines to get ideas for quick reference guide layouts. In particular, I found that WIRED magazine has some of the most creative and engaging layouts, often with text laid out in three or four columns, or along the side of a graphic, or in various quadrants about the page. I was trying to figure out the right layouts ... more »
: Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good . gamebook Sunday , October 9, 2011 How to write a gamebook part 10 proofing and playtesting I've done a bad thing . I've forgotten to cover something very important to the writing process , which is what I what I do when I actually write a book . I write the storyline , put it into a flow diagram then write out the paragraphs and test the system . It's all over , isn't it . Of course it isn't . You need to proofread the book and make sure that the game system . works Proof reading is not just an add on that you have to drag yourself through after you have done all the hard work of actually writing the book I'm still trying to convince myself of this although I still think that
, Home Humanities Culture Literature Print on Demand Publishing Your Book , Your Editing Responsibility By Blogging Authors 3 weeks ago Read more : Publicity Writing Writing Publishing editing a book POD pubishing how to edit book Guest Post by Chris Hoole I am nervous about getting my work into print . I have a great idea that I know will sell in the current market . I don’t want to share it with a big name publisher with complicated contracts and far off deadlines . Print on Demand publishing is ideal for my needs but here is the big stumbling block the editing I am a creative writer not an editor . I don’t pretend to know all about the English language and all its tricky little nuances . However I do know just how annoying it is to spot a spelling or grammar mistake in a published work
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford San Francisco , CA United States Nathan Bransford is the author of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW , a middle grade novel about three kids who blast off into space , break the universe , and have to find their way back home , which was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in May 2011. He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . but is now a publishing civilian working in the tech industry . He lives in San Francisco . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How the Publishing Process Works What Do Literary Agents Do How to Find a Literary Agent How to Write a Query Letter The Basic Query Letter Formula Examples of Good Queries How to Format
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford San Francisco , CA United States Nathan Bransford is the author of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW , a middle grade novel about three kids who blast off into space , break the universe , and have to find their way back home , which was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in May 2011. He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . but is now a publishing civilian working in the tech industry . He lives in San Francisco . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How the Publishing Process Works What Do Literary Agents Do How to Find a Literary Agent How to Write a Query Letter The Basic Query Letter Formula Examples of Good Queries How to Format
: Home Humanities Culture Literature Youth Futures : Is Our Civilization Self-Limiting By Blogging Authors 3 weeks ago Read more : Education parenting civilization personal growth youth future future of youth where is our youth headed Guest post by J . Z . Colby I have written before in the Youth Futures blog and many other good writers have done so also that the Myth of Progress we have believed for the past 300 years may be joining many other myths that have served their purposes , but are no longer . useful The Myth of Progress was unique to the last 300 years because that was the period of cheap and plentiful energy mostly coal , oil , and uranium It has only happened before on much smaller sales , like when a civilization grabbed through war a forest with lots of trees , and for a
, home Blog About Forums Nathan Bransford San Francisco , CA United States Nathan Bransford is the author of JACOB WONDERBAR AND THE COSMIC SPACE KAPOW , a middle grade novel about three kids who blast off into space , break the universe , and have to find their way back home , which was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in May 2011. He was formerly a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd . but is now a publishing civilian working in the tech industry . He lives in San Francisco . View my Complete Profile Contact Me Blog Directory Directory of All Posts Publishing Essentials How to Write a Novel How the Publishing Process Works What Do Literary Agents Do How to Find a Literary Agent How to Write a Query Letter The Basic Query Letter Formula Examples of Good Queries How to Format