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Your Today Is My Tomorrow
Blogging Without A Blog | 2 hours ago by Barbara
When part of the world is sleeping, I’m blogging. When you’re commenting on my blog, I’m asleep. Oh, the joys of time zones. Today’s Lesson My friend Catherine (from England) and I have this problem when we post. She’s read more
Sitting at a Desk After a Total Knee Replacement
Booktoots' Weblog | 12 hours ago by marieb1
Well, a discovery was made earlier this week. Prior to this week, five months after a total knee replacement, I was sitting on the sofa with my laptop. Sometimes I would have my leg extended while other times I would not. It finally was getting to read more
Writing Groups - Final Thoughts
My Writing Life | 15 hours ago by The Ripple Effect
A few final thoughts on the subject of writing groups, and I'd like to thank Beth from Writer-in-Progress for her insights. If you haven't yet, you should check out her blog and her website, both are full of interesting tidbits.As you can see from h read more
Make Money Writing - 5 Tips To A Profitable Business
LIFESALARY.COM - ARTICLES CENTER | July 7th 2008 by JBiggs
Did you know you can turn your writing skill into a profitable business? Writers are in high demand. These five tips show you how to get started. To make money from your writing skills, you already have everything you need: a computer, and an Interne read more
Writer's Toolbox: Links and Tips
Carma's Window | July 7th 2008 by Carma Dutra
Writers spend an enormous amount of time perfecting their craft so it stands to reason they will spend a good amount of time learning about the publishing business as well. There are pitfalls around every corner just waiting for the uninformed writer read more
Adding Humor to Serious Topics
Booktoots' Weblog | July 7th 2008 by marieb1
I finally figured out how I can liven up the topic of being in a life-threatening car accident which resulted in multiple injuries. I will intersperse stories that have no humor in them with ones that do. That way, instead of having my readers beco read more
Hot Trends, Hot Markets - Part 3: Using AmazonConnect & Chapters…
Cheryl Kaye Tardif Novels | July 6th 2008 by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
This past weekend I spoke at the CanWrite! Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, on the Hot Trends, Hot Markets panel. I wish I'd had more time to talk, and since so many writers came up to me throughout the weekend, saying that they'd liked to have heard read more
Just Write Blog Carnival July 4, 2008 Edition
The Incurable Disease of Writing | July 4th 2008 by Missy
Welcome to the July 4, 2008 edition of Just Write. To those in the United States, Happy Independence Day! We have another carnival filled with excellent writing information. Enjoy the articles and as always, leave comments and let the blog owners kno read more
Writing As A Home Based Business - Five Tips For Success
All About your Life | July 3rd 2008 by joom
Writing makes a perfect home based business. You already have everything you need for success, but you may not have a plan. In this article, we’ll create your plan as we cover five vital tips for success. Sick of your day job? With the increase read more
Don’t write without an outline
Content Magician - add magic to your content | July 3rd 2008 by marsha maung
A friend of mine recently wrote to me telling me that she’s having one of the worst cases of writer’s block….EVER! She can’t seem to get a word out on paper…nor on her computer. I told her to take a break. She did. And s read more
One Look Reverse Dictionary!
The Writing Pages | July 2nd 2008 by Meghna
I recently stumbled upon a never before like online dictionary. It is called One Look Reverse Dictionary and you can access it by clicking on that name. Now, I see you raise your brows inquisitively asking why it is different from the other dictionar read more
Backing Up Is Your Best Defense
Tripping the Muse | July 2nd 2008 by Rick DeCost
I had a friend, let’s call him Leo, who was writing what he considered his masterpiece. Now Leo had been working on his novel for months. He’d get up early in the morning, fire up his laptop, and allow his creative, caffeine-induced juices to f read more
Lists in a post or post around lists
Net Business Blog | July 1st 2008
Why should you think about creating lists while writing a post? Because it sells and it may fetch you a lot of one way links along with visitors. There is no doubt about that. Take a look at Smashing Magazine - you cannot ignore that, large and usefu read more
How writing helps overcome karmic challenges
The Bookwright | July 1st 2008 by thebookwright
Shortly after my first book was published about a year ago, I started mentoring other authors. After getting over the initial shock of the numbers of people who emerged from apparently nowhere to work with me, I started noticing a common theme and tr read more
How to become a ‘Laidback Writer’
The Bookwright | July 1st 2008 by thebookwright
You have probably seen a scene in a film or TV where a writer’s bashing away on an old typewriter, frustratingly tearing out page after page and crushing it up before trying to curl it into an over-flowing waste basket. Later in the same film, they read more
Ghostwriting On The Web – Getting Started
Writing Hacker: Writing Skills for Writers | June 30th 2008 by angelabooth
If you have great writing skills, ghostwriting is a brilliant way collect a stable of clients who provide you with regular writing jobs. In this article, we’ll discuss ghostwriting for the Web, rather than print. There’s one drawback to read more
First Ever Direct Sales Web Marketing Blog Article Round-Up, Yeeh…
Direct Sales Web Marketing | June 30th 2008 by Dennis Edell
Hello All! OK here we go. As I mentioned in my last post, a brand new feature here is the monthly post round-up. What this means is, at the end of each month I take the best articles from that month (decided by several factors) and link them all in o read more
Dispel Your Writing Fears
Tripping the Muse | June 30th 2008 by Rick DeCost
If you suffer from any of the following fears please raise your hand: I’m not sure how to write what I’m thinking I am not interesting enough I do not have the talent that other writer’s have I don’t know how to start I’m afraid it will al read more
I Can’t Read It, If I Can’t See It
Blogging Without A Blog | June 30th 2008 by Barbara
I cannot count how many times I’ve landed on a blog, only to click off. It wasn’t because the blog was laced with profanity, nor was it due to the site sporting too many ads It was because I couldn’t see the writings. By seeing the read more
Love Of Writing
Booktoots' Weblog | June 29th 2008 by marieb1
While working on my book, and doing other writing gigs, I just realized something that is needed in order to accomplish any writing task. That need is the enjoyment of writing. One seems to hear from a variety of sources that “follow your h read more
Revising the Novel - Writing Groups part 3
My Writing Life | June 28th 2008 by The Ripple Effect
In the last two posts, I wrote about what you need to be aware of before you decide to join a writing group. Understanding that a writing group that fits you well will be a tremendous asset to your writing, today I have to give the biggest warning o read more
Me and Dean Koontz
One Way or an Author... | June 27th 2008 by Allan Mayer
Another useful tip I got through confidence coaching was to find a model of excellence- a writer you admire and want to be like.I don't know why I struggled so much to find mine. I enjoy the work of Martin Amis, although my writing is not of that lit read more
5 Places to Find Ideas for Articles
The Urban Muse | June 27th 2008
One of the challenges (and pleasures) of being a freelancer is the constant need to pitch new ideas. Here are some of the strategies I use to find ideas: Networking events: I met so many interesting people at the last networking event I attended that read more
Just Write Blog Carnival June 27, 2008 Edition
The Incurable Disease of Writing | June 27th 2008 by Missy
Welcome to the June 27, 2008 edition of Just Write. No stuff and fluff here; let’s get right to the good stuff — fantastic writing articles. Believe me, we have quite a few superb submissions this week. Book Reviews Rachel Fox presents R read more
Blog Tour in July
Let There Be Blog! | June 26th 2008 by Jim Musgrave
I’ll be doing a month-long Blog Tour for my book of short stories, The President’s Parasite and Other Stories in July. You can follow me around the Web by looking at my tour schedule, and you can also get archives of my presentations an read more
Writing for the web: Seven mistakes to avoid
Writing Hacker: Writing Skills for Writers | June 26th 2008 by angelabooth
If you want to be a professional writer, there’s no easier way to do so than by writing for the web. You don’t have to worry about rejection slips or agonize for months while a publisher makes up his or her mind. However, as your own boss read more
Writer's Block: Free UP Your Creativity With Writing Prompts
Carma's Window | June 26th 2008 by Carma Dutra
Do you need a swift kick in the pants to banish the writer’s block in your head? When you look at a blank page does your mind respond with blankness? I know all writers have been there so I have a little help for you today.Practice free writing fro read more
Freelance Writers - How to Deal with Self-Doubt
The Working Writer's Coach | June 26th 2008 by Suzanne Lieurance
Join me for a free teleclass for freelance writers this evening called Dealing with Self-Doubt. This teleclass is part of my weekly Writers on Call program of teleclasses for freelance writers. To receive an email invitation to this free event, send read more
Find Your Squidoo Voice
The Giant Squid Community Showcase | June 25th 2008 by rms
Your Squidoo voice (your writing style) can mean the difference between having a good lens or having a great lens that people want to come back to again, and again. Squidoo writing should be conversational in tone and fun to read while still b read more
Blog Posts - Are We Our Worst Critic?
Blogging Without A Blog | June 25th 2008 by Barbara
On Monday we discussed the importance of your most current post. It was decided our best work may be buried in our archives. But, how do we know what is our best work? Is it the post we spent days constructing, editing and reediting until we had it read more
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