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I have a twitter account for my author name and I’m relatively active on it. But recently I found myself facing a growing twitter problem that seems to be happening in the writing community. A little research traced the problem back to a self-published book on how to promote your self-published book.  Okay, let me [...]

I’ve come across this question on yet another writing group site. It seems to be one of the most common questions out there asked by those who strive to be writers — “when do you find time to write” or “how do you find time to write.”  Now here’s something to think about. My brother [...]

This bit of blogging advice has two parts to it but both deal with the length of blog posts.  Now, people often visit blogs looking for quick tidbits of information.  So as a blogger, you’ll attract more viewers if you give them what they want.  This is why my first part of this advice is [...]

The past few years have been marked by an upsurge in bloggers as news sources.  For many this has signaled a positive change by taking the news out of the filter of the major media.  Some see blogs as a source of more immediate information from people on the scene or with a variety of [...]

Today I want to talk about a subject I don’t see addressed much on blogging sites or even journalism sites – choosing a style guide for your writing.  Now the reason you won’t see journalism sites addressing the issue in this manner is that journalism has an accepted style guide — the AP or Associated [...]

It’s an going battle in blog land.  On one hand, having people leave comments on your blog is a great way to show that people read your work and appreciate what you have to say.  Good comments can show other readers that you are an authority to be trusted.  Negative comments can give you topics [...]

Do you have a regular period of time, perhaps a couple of hours, each week that you can devote to hosting a tweet chat?  Because I’ve seen bloggers and writers successfully turn these twitter events into a solid audience for their blog or their product. A tweet chat is basically a chat session hosted on [...]

Want one easy tip to make your blog posts more appealing to readers?  Try adding an image. It doesn’t have to be a full photo display of images with a new one for every paragraph.  Just a single image can attract a reader and help a post seem a bit more interesting. Now, where do [...]

It’s the start of the New Year and time to look at what we’ve been doing with blogging and make those plans on how to improve over the next year.  Now if you miss doing this at the beginning of the year, you can always step back and take a look at your blog at [...]

I want to tell you about one blogging technique that works in two great ways. It helps you attract more readers to your blog while at the same time, giving you a chance to take a blogging break.  Now, for many of us a blog is a commitment. Many of the top blogs out there [...]