I’ve always wanted to be a self-disciplined writer. You know – one of those people who get up every morning at 5:00 a.m. so they can write for an hour before the rest of the household stirs. Or one of those people who firmly says “no thank you” to the spontaneous pizza invite received while…
Some of the best gifts come in small packages! Whether you are looking for the perfect stocking stuffer for the writer in your life, or you’re a writer compiling your own suggestions for Santa, here are 10 great ideas for wordsmith-worthy stocking stuffers! The perfect T-shirt. This Café press selection allows the writer wearing it…
Whether you’re an accomplished writer or new to the writing world, if you’re considering attending a writing conference, it’s probably because you want to learn. You review the schedule, and see a variety of interesting topics to be presented by interesting speakers. You see places where you can sign up to pitch a project or…
Writers don’t need pictures that speak 1000 words, we need pictures that draw attention to the words we have written. Finding great images to enhance our social media posts can be costly at stock photo sites and tricky to navigate attribution issues at free-image sites. To avoid cost and accidental infringement on photographer rights, I…
We set up our author/writer/speaker Facebook page as we have been advised to do repeatedly by agents, successful writers, and conference speakers. We tell everyone we know, send out friend invites, and receive a bunch of Facebook LIKES. We put time and effort into posting regularly, yet the page doesn’t grow. What’s up with that?…