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All The Time, Pushing

October 7, 2011

Bloggers who post on a regular schedule, whether it be once a month, or week, once a day, or many times a day, all face the same issue.  What next?
Sometimes the ideas come easily.  But sometimes the brain strains, you find yourself sweating blood, with nervous fingers, and a feeling of dread as the deadline [...]

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Turning a Blog into an eBook: Part II

April 28, 2011

Continued from Part I

The first thing you’ll need to do is to ask yourself some tough questions, like these:

Despite reader interest and loyalty, are all of your posts up to the quality you’d want for a book?
Are your posts in an order that would work for a book, or do then need to be [...]

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Wine Me, Dine Me, Publish My Book!

March 23, 2011

I have often said on this venue, that gone are the days when a big-city publisher will seek out new talent, pamper them, buy them plane tickets, and show them off to the literary world.  Alas.
 
Ransom Stephens, a particle physicist (who has discovered a new particle in the Universe) wrote his first novel “The God [...]

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How (and Why) to Create Your Writer's Network

September 28, 2010

Everybody is talking about networks.  Work networks.  Social networks.  Blogging networks  It seems you can put just about any word in front of “networks” and you’re off to the races.  Interestingly enough, we all pretty much agree that networking is a good thing.
Swell.  How about a writer‘s network?
Yeah.  That’s the ticket.  But, what would it [...]

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How to Allow Inspiration to Take Over – Future NaNoWriMo Project

September 10, 2010

Some challenges are more important than others, and some important challenges are meaningful at different times.
Have you ever been tossed out of bed by an idea?
I was this morning, and I couldn’t be happier.  See, I don’t get enough sleep as it is.  I have a cat that demands his breakfast at ungodly hours, takes [...]

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Does Learning to Create an eBook Have to Be an UPHILL Battle? – Blogosphere

September 4, 2010

 
Today’s find seems, at first glance, anyway, to be a real gem.
Here’s a guy who will do the whole job for you for $79, and he’ll typically do in 10 days or less.  Frankly, that sounds like a good deal to me, as writing and gathering all the data seems like a big enough job to [...]

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Turn Your Blog Into an eBook

August 30, 2010

It’s time to start thinking about where your blog will go when it grows up.
My blogging guru suggests that a grown-up blog needs to belong to a larger network, something that will continue to feed its growth, and I certainly cannot argue with that.  A big network for sharing resources is a very good thing.
But [...]

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Widgets and Gadgets What to Add – What to Avoid

August 28, 2010

 
Tricking out your Blog can be a lot of fun, but sometimes fun for you is a pain for your reader.
If there is a rule for your setup, it is this:
If it slows down your blog or if it confuses your reader throw it out.
We have already discussed that there are two kind generic blog.  They [...]

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How to Write a Perfect Blog Post

August 26, 2010

Writing a perfect blog post is easy.  Here’s how.
First you need to have a title that clearly says what the post is about, that creates the idea that the text of the blog is needed, and that makes a promise to fulfill that need.   Be sure to include your important Tag Words in the first [...]

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Blogosphere: Increase Your Authority with Links and a Network

August 25, 2010

Continued from Part Fifty
New to the Series?  Start with Part One    
Blogosphere: A series
Part Fifty-One: Just Who Do You Think You Are?
Here is something you can take to the bank.  Blogging is about establishing authority.  Period.  If there is one thing you can do to put yourself on the map in the Blogosphere, that’s it.  Establish yourself [...]

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