Writing for Online Is Different Effective writing is writing that works. It follows a set of rules we agree on. We call those rules writing conventions, as in conventional writing. Where some … [Read more...]
Bad Boys: Every Kid Knows When to Use a Comma
What I Remember I’ve been hearing a lot about a bad boy who’s been hanging around lately. Bad boys of writing are tapes in our head that tell us things that undercut our productivity. This … [Read more...]
How Many Words Does It Take to Make a Book?
Bookcraft 2.0 SERIES An Average Book . . . As an introduction to Bookcraft 2.0, I wrote Write a Book? Assemble the One in Your Archives! In the comments, Chris showed serious interest in finding out … [Read more...]
Content or Copy: Ignore the Difference at Your Own Risk
The Pigeons and the Preacher? When we were first married, my husband I were walking through a city park. The lawn was filled with pigeons. He voiced the most unusual thought. “Why are pigeons … [Read more...]
Finding Fodder for Future Ideas
Finding Fodder Yesterday, Joe of Working at Home on the Internet reminded me of my days going to press runs, when he was talking about his experience as a printer. Immediately my mind flashed to … [Read more...]
Great Find: Top 10 Successful Blogging Tips
I was going through my stats and had some time one afternoon this week. So when a social bookmarking referral came by, I naturally checked it out. I like to see where things stand with each of them … [Read more...]
Love at First Write: 5 +1 Steps to Your Authentic Writing Voice
One Note and 42 Days Later My husband and I got married 42 days after we met. He says he fell in love when he read a welcome note I left downstairs when he came to pick me up for a date. He still … [Read more...]
12 Hands-on How-tos for Repurposing Blog Content into a Book
Bookcraft 2.0 – The Series Now that more of my blogger friends have several years of experience, they’re getting serious about the idea of turning the body of work they’ve focused into a book. … [Read more...]
What Is Content that Keeps Readers?
Everybody talks about content, but nobody actually defines it. What is content and how can content keep readers? Content is more than ideas, more than words and pictures on the screen, more than … [Read more...]
Writer’s Block: Unblanking the Blank Screen
Why the Blank Screen Is Scary Ah, the blank screen. The blank screen. It’s an invitation to look foolish, to be boring, to write something that we’ll regret. Some of us can use the blank screen to … [Read more...]
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