September 2016
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What are authors to do with the beast of social media that is Facebook? If you’ve read my previous article on social media, you’ll know that my advice goes against conventional wisdom. In this article, I want to dig into Facebook—what it’s good for, and what it’s not good for—and how you can avoid the…
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How many times have you heard this advice? “You have to write every day!” In my mind, I always hear that as, “Write every day, or you suck!” or “Write every day, or you’re not a real writer!” At this point, I’m tired of this advice, and I’m ready to call B.S. on it. Like you, I know…
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Tim says: Jeff Goins is the bestselling authors of The Art of Work and You Are A Writer. He helps writers spread their message and find their voice. He has personally helped me become a better writer with his content and this article, reposted from his website with his permission, is one of my favorite blog posts he’s written. Most writers…
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Tim says: This article is part of our Myths of Writing series. Ally Fallon is the author of Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage and The Chase: Waking Up the Power and Beauty of Your Creative Life. She’s also the creator of Author Launch, the program to help authors write and launch their first…
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This is a very common question, and one worth thinking about for any author. Let’s first look at a brief history of blogging. The history of blogging According to Wikipedia, LiveJournal.com and Blogger.com were launched in 1999. And the blogging software WordPress was first released in 2003. Between 1999 and 2003, we saw the birth of blogging. What made blogging so…
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At any given time, there seem to be 1,000 different ways to market your book. It’s not only hard to know what you should be doing. It’s also hard to keep up with all the options that are available. After years of helping authors build their platforms, and then use those platforms to launch top…
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Tim says: This article is part of our Myths of Writing series. Ally Fallon is the author of Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage and The Chase: Waking Up the Power and Beauty of Your Creative Life. She’s also the creator of Author Launch, the program to help authors write and launch their first…