Twitter #Hashtags That Motivate Revision

Twitter did not appeal to me at first (or second or third). So why, you ask, would I write this post? Recently,  I find myself enjoying it more and more. There are lots of fun challenges for writers and the character limitation ends up being a great revision tool. How Twitter can help your revisionContinue reading “Twitter #Hashtags That Motivate Revision”

A Change of Scenery: Hiking for Writers

This winter has been wonderfully warm and spring-like in my neck of the woods, so I’ve been going on some fun walks. Thanks to a post by harrybipedhiking, a local blogger, I recently discovered Ravensdale Retreat. This place is an amazing contradiction–A beautiful forest with a little stream that runs through it, packed between aContinue reading “A Change of Scenery: Hiking for Writers”

Sources For Guided Revision

  Since my first read-through of my novel–in which I could barely read it for all the horrible typos and grammar issues and ended up hating my manuscript–I have been actively avoiding my novel. However, having given myself a strict deadline which is rapidly approaching, it’s time to get to work. As I am stillContinue reading “Sources For Guided Revision”

Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?

Since I’ve been pushing my free kindle download all week, I decided to go explore the free kindle download offerings. I was pleasantly surprised.I now have an eclectic library on my Kindle Cloud Reader. I found children’s picture books. I found books on social media marketing. I found cookbooks. I found an exercise motivation bookContinue reading “Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?”

Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog

You can see why I put this under the revision topic, I’m revising my post of Gator McBumpypants’ first movie. Why didn’t I think of this yesterday? So, how did I do it? It was much easier than I thought. When I clicked on Add Media above my draft’s text box, like I usually doContinue reading “Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog”

Marketing: A little outside the box.

Since my writing life is completely consumed with promoting Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise this week, I’m jumping off schedule and continuing to talk about promoting your book. I announced my kindle free days everywhere I could think of yesterday, so how do I keep the internet’s attention today? I stepped away from writingContinue reading “Marketing: A little outside the box.”

Exploring: Guest Posts

As the happy holiday season is now upon us and many writers are wrapped up in NaNoWriMo, time is  sucked away in more ways than usual and I’m guessing many blogs will be quite neglected over the next couple months. This made me think about guest posts. Not only looking to do some myself –Continue reading “Exploring: Guest Posts”