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Guest Post: Hello? Is Anybody Reading Me? – A Guide to Writing Popular Articles

In a perfect world, every article we write would reach hundreds of thousands of people and generate a ton of feedback and praise. Sadly, this simply isn’t the case. Each writer has his or her own style...

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5 Questions to Ask before Creating a Website

If you are looking to create your author website or update your website and are near frustration because you can’t find anything on author website content or suggestions on what should be on your...

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K.I.S.S. Website Design

Websites can be a thing of beauty and selling power or they can hurt you. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve been to some poorly designed websites/blogs. Those sites that make you cringe at...

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Blogging Helps

I was going to write an article about blogging and how to make your blog design look cool and then realized Joleene has done better posts on the who subject. So I’m just going to link all her post...

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Using Story Excerpts And Character Interviews for Your Blog

One thing I love doing are character interviews, especially when the characters have an attitude.  I like to give an excerpt from a book I’m writing and then ask the characters to chime in on what they...

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Great Post on 10 Blogging Mistakes

I stumbled upon this post from Anne R. Allen’s Blog…With Ruth Harris  and new it would be perfect for this blog   It covers 10 things authors do/don’t do to sabotage their blogs.  Also, please note...

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4 Steps to Creating Enjoyable Reader Experience on Your Fiction Author Website

About a year ago I decided that I wanted to attract more readers to my website, so I used my mad researching skills on the internet to learn more. What I learned is that there are thousands of articles...

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Guest Post: How I Came To Know That Writing An Interesting Article Can Be Tough

I wanted to share a guest post by Robert Hunt with you today. As authors we often find ourselves writing articles not only for our own blogs, but for guest blogs, blog tours, you name it.  Mr. Hunt has...

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Conferences, Are They Worth It?

The short answer is “yes,” but the real question is why are they? Even after attending several of these, you wonder if you will learn anything new. But as usual, your doubts are put to rest after a...

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To Blog or Not To Blog

Question: Do you NEED a blog? The answer is no.  You don’t need a blog.  Now, what I think you do need is a website.  If your blog is your website, that works but only if you want to blog.  If you...

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Stuff You Might Want To Put On Your Blog

If you decide to blog (and you don’t have to so don’t feel guilty for not having one), there are some things that are good to have on it.  You don’t have to have them on it, but it’s worth mentioning....

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How to Edit Your Twitter Profile (with screen caps)

I’ve gone back and forth about doing this post because, while so many authors use twitter, it isn’t  integral to the publishing business. But, after having to explain how to set wallpaper to yet...

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Do I really need a Blog?

I don’t think every writer needs a blog. I don’t think fiction writers need a blog. I don’t think most readers give a rats a$$ about writer’s blog. I think telling writers that they need and don’t need...

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Blogging: Blogger Blogs & Email Subscriptions

I visit a lot of blogs, and I subscribe to a lot of blogs, but one things stops me from subscribing; blogs with no email sign up. Sure, RSS feed is the future, but with several of the feed readers...

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Be Prepared

The Boys Scouts’ motto is “be prepared.” But I failed several times this year. What about you? With the recent release of Ruth Ann Nordin’s and my anthology, Bride by Arrangement, published by...

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Some Tips For WattPad Users

I’ve been using WattPad for the past couple of weeks, and I thought that an article about it would be fun to write. Also, I found out this blog doesn’t have an article on WattPad yet, so I thought I’d...

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When Trolls Attack!

You know, that sounds like the title for one of those B-movie horror films that are played at three in the morning. When Trolls Attack! “Don’t cross that bridge. You may not like who wants you to pay...

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Box that Giveaway

Ruth Ann Nordin and I did a Facebook and blog giveaway which started last week and ended Monday. Ruth organized it and made the whole affair come to life. I am so grateful for her expertise and the...

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The Phoenix Conference: Buildin’ the Dream

From left: Janet Syas Nitsick (me), Ruth Ann Nordin, Judy DeVries and Rose Gordon Flying away to Phoenix for a writing conference was one special time not only in what the conference offered but also...

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Tips For Gaining New Followers on Your Blog

If bloggers all share one common conceit, it’s that we’re hungry for followers. We like the idea that people are reading what we post on the Internet, and we’re always looking for ways to make sure...

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