I enjoy following other writing blogs, learning writing techniques and connecting with other bloggers. (In fact, it’s an important thing to do, according to many marketing experts.) I thought that it would be good to highlight some of the ones…
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Cashless society … where could this go wrong?
I am one of the millions out there who rarely uses cash or coins. I use a debit or credit card for most everything, and my paycheck is delivered automatically to my checking account every two weeks. I used cash…
What’s on my bookshelf? 1-21-13
All right, so these aren’t technically on my bookshelf, but the next time I have some spare money in my pocket and I find this boxed set in a store, I will be adding it to my bookshelf. I had…
Marketing & PR as an author: Connect with other bloggers
This is the second post about my experience reading David Meerman Scott‘s book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR. As I said in November, I am going to post a few different posts about what I learned from reading it and how what…
Tagged with: blog, Blogger, Creative Penn, David Meerman Scott, social-media, twitter, writing tips
Posted in Writing tips
Posted in Writing tips
Muse, where are you? Me against my writing.
It’s me against the computer. My eyes attempt a stare down of the screen, with the cursor mocking me with every blink. I type one halting sentence, and then stop. My mind is blank. I know where I want my…
Tagged with: Margaret Atwood, Writer, Writers Block, Writers Resources, writing
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Posted in Writing tips
Review: Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier
At long last, I’ve found the time to write my review of Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier. I finished reading it in December before the holiday break. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am a fan of Marillier. She is…
Tagged with: Alban, book review, Flint, Goodreads, Juliet Marillier, Marillier, Neryn, Shadowfell
Posted in Book review, Excellent
Posted in Book review, Excellent
Reputation is everything
This weekend I received an interesting direct message on Twitter from a writer whose book I had previously reviewed. “My book’s changed to the extent that UR review’s no longer accurate [link to review]. Consider yourself lucky I haven’t reviewed…
Tagged with: Author, book review, books, E-book, ereader, malicious, reputation, Review, rude, twitter
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Posted in Writing tips
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