Bill Bryson is best known for his humorous travel writing. Previously, I had read two of Bryon’s other books. One was titled, I’m a Stranger Here Myself. This book was about Bryson’s return to living in the United States after living in Great Britain for twenty years or so. His writing portrayed how differently Americans [...]
While catching up on my email, I found this query from an ezine reader:
Q. Cathy, I wear several hats: editing, creative writing, copywriting, and even some consulting. How do I combine these skills into one website? One business? Or do I need more than one of each?
A. This question gets asked often, even by me. [...]
Writers often forget to use business cards for book marketing. Although internet marketing is useful, meeting someone and talking to them in person has an even greater impact. You can tell them all about the book you’ve written and get them all excited, but people’s memories are short. If you hand them a business card, [...]
A ghostwriter can be beneficial for a business and even for your personal needs. A ghostwriter can bring several different and substantial qualities that you may not have otherwise. Wikipedia defines a Ghostwriter as ââ¦a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content which are officially credited to another [...]
Once your book is written and you’ve determined that you will be self-publishing, there are a few serious errors you are going to want to steer clear of.
THINKING YOU DON’T NEED AN EDITOR
Even the best writer needs a second pair of impartial, well-trained eyes to look over their work before sending it out into the [...]
Once your book is written and you’ve determined that you will be self-publishing, there are a few serious errors you are going to want to steer clear of.
THINKING YOU DON’T NEED AN EDITOR
Even the best writer needs a second pair of impartial, well-trained eyes to look over their work before sending it out into the [...]
Like many authors, writing a novel was always an aspiration. When I finally started the process, in Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace I had a great story that had evolved from real-life events. Still, the majority of my experience was writing nonfiction, a style that generally called for straight facts with less emphasis on [...]
If you’re planning on writing nonfiction, then the first question you have to ask is whether or not you think yourself capable of embarking on this trying yet rewarding journey. With general non-fiction, there will always be space for a good new non-fiction book in the market. So, what makes a non-fiction book a best [...]
*Humming San-ta Claus is Com-ing to Town.
And speaking of which, it’s time to make your wish list. Writers the world around want relevant gifts that will encourage their hearts, make their creative writing easier, help them survive writer’s block, or increase their stash of writing tools. So when you sit on old HoHo’s [...]
If you are a book author who wants potential readers to find you on the internet, you want to be as visible as possible in places that those readers might be. And in almost every social media place that you sign up for – such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn – you are given the [...]
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