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January 1, 2016
A Few Freelance Writing Job Resources
New year underway and many writers are looking for more money…
Freelancing?
Perhaps…
Today’s re-blog even has a mind-map about how freelancers find their jobs :-)
Here are a few writing-related sites you can check into for freelance or contract gigs. Most of them offer a lot more than jobs, too.
Freelance Writing Gigs:http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/ “Whether you’re a seasoned writer or a beginner, the information you need to be a successful writer is at your...
New Year’s Bonus — My Next Publisher’s Year-End Review, with a Look Ahead…
I’ve been published by Lulu and FastPencil and Amazonand Wattpad…
One of my goals for 2016 is to publish with Smashwords…
My email today had a special article from Mark Coker—Smashwords Year in Review 2015 and Plans for 2016.
If you’re already published elsewhere and/or are considering the Indie route, you may want to study that article from Mark.
Here’s just a bit about Smashwords from an article in theSan Francisco Chronicle:
“‘Mark was very forward-thinking, and the way he set the company...
… dreams …
First day of the year…
Have you had dreams of your future?
If you have — or — when you do, today’s re-blog might help you mine them for meaning………
Photos by Ashen
I used to host regular dream groups. We did not so much set out to analyse our dreams, but we played with them by engaging with their images, characters and objects. Sometimes we enacted scenes to widen associations and deepen our insights. While there is some excellent literature on working with dreams, a lot of...
December 31, 2015
#Wattpad #Authors & 2015’s Best Brain Pickings . . .
Another year…
Image Courtesy of Prashant Soni ~ http://www.freeimages.com/photographer/montu62982-57214
Tomorrow, this blog will be 5 years old—with 1,327 posts…
Looking back in just the right way can help you look forward…
One thing I definitely did right in 2015 was to engage with Wattpad—explained by them as “…a place to discover and share stories: a social platform that connects people through words. It is a community that spans borders, interests, languages. With Wattpad, anyone can read...
December 30, 2015
Author Interview ~ J. A. Partridge
Back on Dec. 21st, I published an Author Interview withHollyGonzalez—the first of my Wattpad Author interviews.
Today we have Jeff Partridge visiting and I’m eager to get our second Wattpad Author interview started :-)
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So, Jeff, when did you decide to become a writer, and why?
I’ve always been a storyteller. I was one of those precocious kids whose mouth never stopped moving if he had an audience. While writing fiction was always my favorite assignment in school, I started out wanting to...
December 29, 2015
“I Have Been Writing To Impress Old White Men”
Deciding who to write for can be a major challenge in the writing-life…
Write for yourself?
Others?
Which Others?
Today’s re-blog explores one writer’s exploration of this issue…
As a young woman I had one and only one intense and ceaseless pastime, though that’s not the right word, though neither is hobby or passion. I have practiced this activity with religious devotion and for longer than I can remember. I have been trying to give it up recently, since moving away from Bedfo...
December 28, 2015
2016 Predictions for Book Publishing
I’ve featured Mark Coker, Founder of Smashwords, many times on this blog…
Image courtesy of Tracy Olson ~ http://www.freeimages.com/photographer/designkryt-45681
And, today, I’ll give you some excerpts from an article byhim (hoping I encourage you sufficiently, so you’lltake the link and read it all… {Although, readers who are sure they’ll never be writers may want to check outonlywhat’s in this post, to get a feel for what writers concern themselves with…})—2016 Book Publishing Industry Pred...
December 27, 2015
What to Put in your Author Media Kit
Yesterday’s re-blog was about a self-publishing career…
Today’s re-blog is also important for a writing career in self-publishing...
Having a ready to go press release kit is something every Indie author should have. It’s also a good idea to have it on a static page on your website or/and blog. Rather have everything in one place than have to scramble around when it’s called for. Having it on your website means that anyone who would like to post reviews of your books on t...
December 26, 2015
The Self-Publishing Book Business with FastPencil
Don’t Rush The ProcessMany writers self-publish—some only once—some over and over…
Do you have any interest in a Self-Publishing Career?
Then, read today’s re-blog carefully…
Prioritize within each stage of the self-publishing lifecycle. Ask yourself:BUDGET or TIMELINE comes first at this point in the process?
BUDGET
When you think you’re ready to publish, consider publishing privately firstso that you can hold in your hands a for-your-eyes-only proof copy before Wide Distribution...
December 25, 2015
The Gift of Reading
December 25th, for many people, is a time of gift-giving…
It seems most folks who give gifts on this day give them to family and friends…
Some take the time, and in some cases sacrifice a bit of money, to give gifts to people they don’t know…
I came across an article in The Bookseller called‘Data-light’ in the deep field with Worldreader.
It’s byDanielle Zacarius, director of content and publisher relations with Worldreader.
There are many reasons I’d encourage you to read that article; but,...
