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Travel and Entrepreneurship: Kevin Cole Tackles His Bucket List

From Dana:This is a guest post by Kevin Cole of Perform Destiny(he’s the one without clown makeup on.)At just 18 years old, Kevin started the blog with a simple and gigantic goal in mind: own his life. He’s since quit the job he hated and, indeed, taken ownership of his life and his destiny. He shares his journey through the blog, on Twitter, and through his free Life Ownership course.

The New Year is here. Reflecting back on my previous year, it’s crazy to see how far I’ve come. In 2012 I wor...

5 Weird Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing [Infographic]

Need a brainstorming boost to get started on that writing project you added to your list of New Year’s resolutions? Check out this debut DIY Writing infographic for a few out-of-the-ordinary activities you can try to overcome writer’s block and take another step toward your goals!

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A New Writing and Publishing Cooperative: Dee Dee Mozeleski Tackles Her Bucket List

From Dana: This is a guest post from Dee Dee of the sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always open and honest relationship and lifestyle blogBubbles. Deux. Dee Dee is “a native San Diegan now living in New York City while dreaming of Paris.” We met through a connecting blog post at The Traveling Writer, and like me, Dee Dee has learned a lot and gained a lot of inspiration for her writing career from that blog’s author, Alexis Grant. Last fall, Dee Dee launched the writing and publishing coo...

Get Behind the Scenes of My Next eBook Launch!

The official release ofA Writer’s Bucket List is just 4 weeks aways! This is by far the largest ebook launch I’ve planned yet, and I want you in on the action. Dedicated readers have come behind-the-scenes so far for every step of the book’s creation, and I’m inviting you in for the best part: Launch Week!

Following in the footsteps of my publishing mentors, I’m putting together aBucket List Launch Team of about 50 innovative readers to help brainstorm and implement all of the incredible steps...

6 1/2 Things To Stop Doing on Twitter in 2013

Over a year and a half of blogging, Twitter has quickly become myfavorite tool for discovering and connecting with other writers, and for self-promotion. If you follow me on Twitter, you might also realize that the network is, in fact,a bit of an obsession of mine.

As much as I love all my tweeps, though, I can’t help but still be completely annoyed at some common bad practices on the network. I know if you’re committing these faux pasyou probably don’t even realize how annoying they are, so I...

Are You Writing, or Are You Dreaming of Writing?

I met a bartender who wanted to write a screenplay.

These people always suck me in for a second before revealing how lost they really are, how much a waste of time they’ve really been.

I met him when I moved to Seattle, and he asked, of course, “What do you do?”

His eyes lit up when I said “writer”, and he asked, of course, “What kind of writing do you do?”

Encouraged by his bright eyes, I explained my work in journalism, blogging, and ebooks for writers.

Then he said, “Oh, I was hoping you wrote...

Happy Holidays + A Busy Year in Review

Happy Holidays!! I hope you’re enjoying the winter weather, whatever it is wherever you are, keeping warm as you can, and getting a few moments of rest and a lot of moments with loved ones as we approach the end of yet another year.

Before I take a couple of weeks off to gear up for 2013, let’s do a quick-quick DIY Writing year-in-review.

WINTER 2012

Only about 6 months into writing professionally and blogging, I was starting to find my brand as a writer and determine the kind of value I could o...

Show & Tell #3 — With a Check-in From Seattle!

I’m flying high this week, you guys! We moved into our new house in Seattle last night, so we’re officially off the roadfor a year while Stefan works his new job at the Comedy Underground. We have a home! And with it, we set up my new desktop computer (my first Mac!), I just got an awesome assignment that I pitched on a whim a few months ago, and preparations for the launch ofA Writer’s Bucket List are going swimmingly. :) Ihadto check in today, just to gush.

It’s been a tough few months; we p...

Improve Your Freelance Writing Career by Taking a MOOC

From Dana: This is a guest post by Maria Ranier of OnlineDegrees.org.Maria contributes most of her writing to a popular online degrees blog. As a reporter andfreelance blogger, Maria has been a long-time advocate of educational freedom and has writtenseveral stories about the importance of knowledge and proper career training. I’m excited about this post from Maria, because she writes about a topic I hadn’t heard of before — one that can help you along your non-traditional career path!

What is...

3 Tips to Improve Your Personal Narratives

From Dana: This is a guest post by Nadia Jones of OnlineCollege.org.Nadia is an education blogger for various accredited online colleges. She enjoys writingabout education trends, online learning platforms, and affordable online colleges. Nadiawelcomes your comments and questions at nadia.jones5@gamail.com.

A personal narrative is something many writers will tackle in their literary journeys.Although writing from a first-person point of view sounds relatively easy, most authors knowthat it’s a...