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December 6, 2016
Are you an author with a #WordPress website #book #promotion
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The Facebook Sucker-Berg Phenomenon and the Deliberate Destruction of Community-Based Public Ed
Wow.
Crazy Normal - the Classroom Exposé
I read “I quit Facebook and my life is better now” at Cathy O’Neil’s Mathbabe blog, and my thoughts became a wild river about Facebook and its founder who launched Facebook by cheating two brothers and hijacking their idea. To learn more about Suckerberg’s own con, read 6 People Mark Zuckerberg Burned On His Way To The Top.
After reading O’Neil’s Mathbabe post, I was glad I was never suckered into a Facebook obsession. Yes, I do have two Facebook page...
November 30, 2016
5 Key Ingredients All Young Adult Novels Must Have
Wonderful items for writing YA or using these tips to stay fresh while revising a previously written manuscript.
by Katie McCoach
The young adult market is unyielding in popularity, at least for the foreseeable future, but this also means it’s a flooded market with content published daily. So the big question right now is how can an author stand out from the crowd?
The answer is writing a seriously greatYA novel. That may seem like the most common advice ever, right? Writing...
November 28, 2016
Absolutely Fabulous Author Page!
A lot has happened that has kept me away from writing as many blog posts as I’d like.
However, in that time, I’ve been quite busy!
Please visit my author web page to unlock the mystery!
http://moniquedesirauthor.com/
Oh please, oh please, stop by and tell me what you think. And while there, please consider joining my mailing list.
13 Things Mentally Strong Writers Don’t Do
How about some Monday Motivation from a wonderful Warrior Writer . . . and some amazing alliteration, huh, huh?)
October 10, 2016
Rejection and Bad Reviews: What’s to Be Done?
Eleanor does a wonderful job of putting reviews — good and bad — in perspective!
“What began the change was the very writing itself. Let no one lightly set about such a work.”
– C. S. Lewis
Negative book reviews certainly aren’t a walk in the park for an author. Yes, the book that took you years to research and write; the one that was finally, finally published was rejected and trashed by a reader, and they couldn’t leave it well alone. They wrote, in excruciating detail...
Maledicus: The Investigative Paranormal Society Book I by Charles F. French is now available on Kindle!
Creepy cover! Horror readers take notice!
July 20, 2016
Can a Blog Boost My Business?
I need to do more of this, but alas — LIFE, how you have diverted me.[image error]
How to Make, Market and Sell Ebooks
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Can a blog help mybusiness, even if I’m not a writer?
Absolutely, though they’re not for everyone.Blogging makes the most sense for people who have material to post at least somewhat regularly. It doesn’t have to beeveryday or even close to that, but the more frequent you can post something of interest to someone out there, the better your blog will...
July 12, 2016
How to Be a Writer: Are You a Plotter or a Pantser? + Writing Resources
I think I’m a hybrid of the two — pantser and plotter.[image error] I possess traits from camps; however, I think when I realize the pantser ride is getting too wild, I sit down and plot by index cards, a grid made on computer, or notebook paper.[image error]
A while back, I mentioned in the first post of the How to Be a Writer series, about “plotters” and “pantsers”. Today, I’d like to go into more detail about those two terms. They’re pretty important words in the writing world, because they explain in...
May 1, 2016
The Query’s the Thing!
In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the main character of the eponymous title states “the play’s the thing” in order to bring to light the truth about his father’s murder. Well, the query’s the thing for writers to grab the attention of an editor or agent! When querying, the first few pages are key!
Writers often struggle with preparing a manuscript for an agent or publisher. Nowadays, email is the way of submitting a literary piece and the shorter and sweeter the query – the better! For s...
