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  • Why No One Pays Attention to Your Work -- What to Do! - Writ
    Why No One Pays Attention to Your Work — What to Do!

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! Everyone wants to know how to get more attention for their work, but not everyone is willing to do what it takes. The question you have to ask yourself is...

    • Posted August 20, 2015
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  • How To Create Your Own Media List - Writer's Life.org
    How To Create Your Own Media List

    Share, Pin Or Retweet If You Love Writing! Building your own author media list isn't complicated. If you already know the best local and niche outlets, it might be a simple matter of Googling appropriate editors' names...

    • Posted August 19, 2015
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  • Overcome Crippling Doubt The Einstein Way

      Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing. A four-year-old boy sits at home, playing with his toys. He’s hungry, but he doesn’t tell anyone. He’s tired, but only his posture reveals it. Four years old...

    • Posted August 18, 2015
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  • Why You Need To Build That Author’s Platform Now!

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! A famous and often repeated piece of advice to writers is: The time to start working on your author platform is three years before your book is published. I’ve...

    • Posted August 17, 2015
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  • It’s Time For Writers to Take Charge Of Their Writing

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! The Cabinetmaker John Doe, a cabinetmaker, was wandering through the stacks in the farthest, darkest corner of his local hardwood dealer’s lot one fine spring day, when he came...

    • Posted August 14, 2015
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  • Should You Give Away Copies of Your Book?

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing. Should you give away books for free? The value of book give­aways can’t be assessed by for­mula. The pre­vail­ing mythol­ogy sug­gests that the goal of pub­lish­ing is to sell...

    • Posted August 13, 2015
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  • Using The Power of Observation to Write Great Stuff - Writer's Lif
    Using The Power of Observation to Write Great Stuff

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! Athletes practice. Musicians practice. As a writer, you need to do the same. Whether you have dreams of writing a novel, a memoir, or a collection of poems, or...

    • Posted August 12, 2015
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  • Thoughts on Using a Pen Name for Self-Published Works

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! I’ll never forget the divorce court scene in the Tina Turner movie, What’s Love Got to Do with It, when Tina battles for her name. She didn’t care about...

    • Posted August 11, 2015
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  • The Top 10 Big Mistakes That Self-Published Authors Make - Writer's L
    The Top 10 Big Mistakes That Self-Published Authors Make

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing. During the recent Book Expo America in New York City, a friend of the Book Designer came across a document they quietly passed along to me. It seems to...

    • Posted August 10, 2015
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  • Finding a Sponsor For Your Blog - Writer's Life.org
    Finding a Sponsor For Your Blog

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! You might not think that your blog is big enough to find sponsors (and you might be right) but even if you’re unsuccessful in finding one you will hopefully...

    • Posted August 7, 2015
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  • Why Writing A Blog Series Is Best - Writer's Life.org
    Why Writing A Blog Series Is Best

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! This week's quick tip for bloggers is to write post series rather than relying solely on one-off article ideas.  Types of Blog Post Series There are a couple of...

    • Posted August 6, 2015
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  • Leo Lionni On the Secret of Creativity And Great Storytelling -
    Leo Lionni On the Secret of Creativity And Great Storytelling

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing. What we create … we fill in with our own thoughts and feelings.” In 1959, beloved children’s book author and illustrator Leo Lionni created a lovely little book for...

    • Posted August 5, 2015
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  • How to Become A Writer and Also Hold Down A Day Job - Writer
    How to Become A Writer and Also Hold Down A Day Job

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! One of the most frequent questions I receive is: How can I write and hold down a day job at the same time? There’s a common belief (and a...

    • Posted August 4, 2015
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  • Start Using Exclamation Points Properly!!!!! - Writer's Life.org
    Start Using Exclamation Points Properly!!!!!

    Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! Exclamation points! Woohoo! Yeehaw! Is there any punctuation mark that could possibly be more fun for writers to use? (Okay, so there is the interrobang, but that’s still kinda the same...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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