I have an alter-ego on Twitter. Her name is Bad Writer. She doesn’t have a million followers or viral tweets or anything like that. She exists merely to be the public face of my sarcastic side. And since I talk to writers a lot on Twitter, she focuses on writing. Since her creation in July,…
Keeping up with a social media presence can be a daunting task. Especially for those new to the game, posting new and relevant content often feels like that “extra” thing that seems to have little effect and is easily forgotten. But if it’s neglected, potential readers, fellow writers, and maybe even agents and editors may…
A friend emailed me a question. She’s written a book and is considering what to do with it. Her question: “How do you self-publish on Amazon?” She didn’t mean what buttons to push on KDP that makes the book go live. She meant: “What are the steps necessary to prepare a book for publication?” I…
I read a lot of blog posts over the course of a week. A lot. And most of them don’t come from my WordPress Reader, where the blogs I’ve subscribed to are listed. I find most of them on Twitter blog share days, where bloggers can share their interesting content with specified hashtags, expanding potential…
I’ve never done a year-end post on the blog, but you guys made this an awesome year so I thought one was warranted. First, some stats as of 12/28. This graph shows overall stats for the past three years. You can see why I said 2015 was awesome. Including pages and a few reblogs, 103 posts were…
After a great response to Part 1 last week, and because a handful of you nudged me for more information, I decided Part 2 was in order. But before we get to the nitty gritty, lets go back to the original question: Can Twitter help an author? Let me ask a different and seemingly unrelated…
In the past month or so, I’ve been asked this question a few times in regards to authoring or business owning: How does Twitter help? They asked me because I’m a big Twitter nerd. HUGE, even. The only time I missed a day on Twitter was when I was camping with my family and literally had…
I almost got into a car accident today. Clarification: I almost caused a car accident today. Double clarification: I almost listlessly drifted my car into another today. How? you may be asking. Great question! I was leaving the service department at the car dealership (yes, I’d just had it serviced. Makes the story better, doesn’t…
Before I dive into this, I want to say “hi” to the several new blog followers who have joined in the past week. Hi! *waves enthusiastically* I’m looking forward to chatting with you on posts and via other social media. I know most of the blog’s new followers came from Twitter because they align with…
I almost didn’t write on this topic because a couple other bloggers have and have done it well (@EmilyFRussell and @prnancarrow, for example). So what do I have to add? I finally went for it because twice in as many days, writer friends have asked me what hashtags to use on Twitter to share stuff. Plus, maybe…
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