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March 8, 2025
Blogging is Still a Great Way for Authors to Reach Readers
by Anne R. Allen Two weeks ago, I posted a helpful piece from children’s author Sarah Allen about using Substack. A Substack newsletter is the trendiest way for authors to communicate with readers right now. But here I am, still blogging, with no newsletter, much less a fancy Substack one. In fact, this is my […]
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February 23, 2025
The Beginner’s Guide to Substack (and Why you Should Care)
by Sarah Allen To say that our online world looks different now than it did a decade ago is a wild understatement. In ye olden social media days of yore, the people who clicked to follow you actually saw your content. Feeds were in chronological order. Twitter was called Twitter and was a genuinely […]
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February 1, 2025
Can Marathon Writing Sessions Lead to Depression?
by Anne R. Allen Last July, I put this blog on hiatus after 15 years because I had a novel to finish and blog business seemed to be taking all my time. I also felt worn down by the daily disrespect from the 1000s of wannabe guest bloggers who will not read or follow […]
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January 4, 2025
Are Misconceptions and Old Ideas Burdening Your Writing Life?
by Anne R. Allen Happy New Year everybody! Yes, I’m back. Sort of. I won’t be posting every Sunday morning like clockwork the way I did for the fifteen years before I paused the blog last July. That rigid schedule was becoming a burden, and I’ve decided to unload some of my burdens this […]
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December 21, 2024
Wishing You Very Booky Holidays!
Have a Soulful Solstice, Happy Hanukkah, and a Merry Christmas! We’ll be back on a limited basis in the new year, and wish you all very happy holidays! Anne and Ruth
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October 13, 2024
Personal Appearance and Reading
If you happen to be on California’s Central Coast next Saturday, October 19th, TV actress Mara Purl and Anne will be doing a presentation and dramatic reading at Volumes of Pleasure Bookshop in Los Osos at 1:00 PM. We’ll read four scenes from our published and upcoming novels.
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July 14, 2024
Blog Vacation Time! This Blog is Taking a Hiatus.
by Anne R. Allen Yes, Ruth and I are taking a break. I’ve kept this blog going for fifteen years, posting every Sunday morning for most of that time, except the 5 months in 2020 when I was hospitalized. During that tough time, Ruth took the reins and kept the blog going with great […]
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July 7, 2024
Tips on Finding the Right Agent and a Secret Way to Discover Agents You Don’t Know About
Find the right agent with the help of Literary Rambles by Natalie Aguirre Thanks so much for having me here, Anne and Ruth. Finding an agent can be incredibly challenging, and sometimes, it can feel impossible. One thing I’ve learned from my almost 15 years of interviewing debut and traditionally published authors and agents at […]
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June 30, 2024
Rejected? How to Keep it in Perspective
Rejected? Maybe it’s not you. Today we’re celebrating Ruth Harris’s 13th blogiversary. Ruth joined this blog in June of 2011, and I know it wouldn’t have succeeded without her expertise, humor, and warmth. To celebrate, we thought we’d re-run Ruth’s very first post. It’s packed with wisdom that still applies today. How to Keep […]
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June 23, 2024
8 Reasons Your Amazon Ads Aren’t Working
by Penny Sansevieri Amazon ads are a very popular go-to for the majority of authors and we know it’s a big revenue driver for Amazon. But do Amazon ads make money for authors? In some cases, yes, but sadly the majority of authors aren’t using the platform in a way that benefits them. And […]
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