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January 4, 2018
Why you should overcome the fear of sharing your art
by Carol Despeaux Fawcett Source link My stomach burns like I just chugged a dregs-of-the-coffee-pot cup of joe that is now eating a hole through my intestines to the center of the earth. Or maybe there’s a mouse on uppers doing a nervous, jittery tango in there. Or maybe both. Why do I feel thiss
Jobseekers Don’t Need New Year’s Resolutions
by Grammar Chic, Inc. Source link The start of the year brings with it the promise of new opportunities—a clean slate and a fresh beginning. That’s why so many of us—with only the best intentions—begin each new year with a set of resolutions. There’s nothing at all wrong with New Year’s resolutions, of course—but ifs
Spend It All
by JW Source link One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. Thes
20 Creative Writing Careers
by Melissa Donovan Source link Creative writing careers — they’re out there! If creative writing is your passion, then you’d probably enjoy a career in which you could spend all day (or at least most of the day) pursuing that passion. But creative writing is an artistic pursuit, and we all know that a careers
January 3, 2018
How to Revise Your Story Like a Pro
by David Safford Source link It’s suddenly 2018. Have you set an awesome writing goal for yourself this year? I have, and I’m incredibly excited about it! For some of us, that goal involves writing something brand new. But for most of us, our 2018 writing goals probably involve rewriting a work in progress. It’ss
Book Promotions International, or, How Not to Get Your Book Into a Library
by noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Strauss) Source link Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Hot on the heels of the infamous Christmas writing contest spam comes another spam solicitation aimed at separating writers from their money. The link leads directly to PayPal. So if you’re not already ROTFLing at the sheer chutzpah of this, um, offer,s
Three Killer Skills Professional Writers Need to Succeed in 2018
by Brian Clark & Sonia Simone Source link What brought you here today? What are you hoping to learn, be, become, do, or change by reading Copyblogger? We’ll be asking that question a lot in the coming year, but while we wait (feel free to answer in the comments below — we’d love to hears
How I’m Using Journaling to Change My Writing Career (and My Life)
by Jennifer Mattern Source link Around the New Year, we tend to focus on goals a lot here. But I often leave it there and get back to general freelance writing advice, tips, and occasional much-needed rants. I don’t often go into how we can achieve the goals we’ve set for ourselves. This year, Is
Reminder for writers & Illustrators: all the networking/promo in the world can’t help unless you get your book FINISHED first.
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January 2, 2018
3 Secrets to Getting to Zero Emails Every Day
by Anne Wayman Source link A couple of weeks ago I determined that I want to get to zero emails every day. Part of my wonders if this is even possible! To go from some 3,000 emails to zero emails? Since I’m not the only one who hopes to get control over my email Is
