The opening master class at PubSense Summit featured a presentation by the stunning Rachel Bagby, creator of Dekaaz, a fascinating form of poetry — yes, poetry — that is catching fire in tweets across the twitterverse! She originated Dekaaz Facilitation®,
Blog Blocked? 3 Useful Sites to Combat Writer’s Block
Yep, we all encounter writer’s block, and that can be compounded when we know we have a deadline to meet because your blog subscribers are waiting on you! Here are three free sites we hope may rush to your rescue!
Do-It-Yourself-MBA (DIYMBA) for Writers: Insight for the Business Side of Writing
Our thanks to Carol Chiao for this first article in a DIYMBA series for writers: Article 1: Applying professional approaches to author branding. Welcome to DIYMBA for Writers! I’m a professional marketer with an MBA and seventeen years’ experience building
What Does it Mean to Be Well-Published?
A well published path paved with gold? Maybe… Graphic courtesy freedigitalphotos.net In this age of DIY publishing and so many choices (more each day), the hard truth is that anyone with a keyboard can jump online and publish a “book.”
Famous Writer Insults! (Infographic)
Our thanks to “Aussie Writer” Amy Cowen for this amusing infographic! While we don’t encourage insulting fellow writers these days, you’ll enjoy the clever quips from those who have. All through history, many of the most famous writers were brutally
Forced to Self-Edit? This Tool May Be Your New Best Friend
Every writer needs an editor. If you want to be taken seriously as an author, there’s just no way around it. A good editor will strengthen your work and find the errors that you’re too close to see. I’ve spent
New Launch of WriterPitch.com
Thanks to author and WriterPitch.com creator Samantha Fountain for this guest post — looks like a VERY fun site for writers and agents (and sneak peeks for readers, too!) There’s not another industry that has a community that takes care