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April 14, 2020
Tuesday’s Tips—How to Deal with Canceled In-Person Book Events: Do Virtual Ones Instead!
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Are your in-person book events canceled or on hold?
All is not lost. Virtual events can be a solution, not only for the current situation but also as a useful addition to your marketing toolkit once this is over. (And it will be over. I promise.)
Like you and many other authors, I am facing numerous postponements and cancellations for book-related events. And while I realize that, in the greater scheme of things, this is not the worst that could happen to me...
April 8, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 4.8.20
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April 3, 2020
Thoughts on Creativity and COVID-19
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I was reflecting on how much life had changed in 30 days, or, for that matter, since the year began.
I remember how frightened I had been when I slipped on ice and fell on New Years Day, and how I worried about what could have happened.
Now, oddly enough, Im not as frightened about catching COVID-19 as I was after that...
April 1, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration 4.1.20
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March 25, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 3.25.20
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March 24, 2020
Best Tips for Working Virtually — Guest Post from Diana Ennen
Diana Ennen
While many writers are used to working from the privacy of their homes, others may find themselves no longer going into work but rather working where they live because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The adjustment can be challenging, not only physically but also psychologically.
Diana Ennen of Virtual Word Publishing know all about the challenges of being a home-based writer, since shes been working from home since 1985. In this guest post, she shares her best tips for what to do and...
March 18, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 3.18.20
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March 11, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 3.11.20
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March 10, 2020
How Writers Measure Success — 15 Authors Share Their Thoughts
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Writers have so many ways we measure success. When we are first starting out, we might measure it by words written or projects completed.
Then we graduate to the number of acceptances, the amount of money earned or awards we’ve received.
Each time we leap over a bar, we raise it even higher. Our eyes are always on the future—except for those sidelong glances at what other writers are doing and how we compare to them!
This is good because, without goals, we face the chance of...
March 4, 2020
Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 3.4.20
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