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Writing, Blogging, Self-Publishing, and Marketing Tips from an Indie Author Entrepreneur
Category Archives: Writing
Does Your Blog Qualify as “Spiritual”?
You don’t have to write about spirituality (as in the publishing niche of spiritual or religious topics) to qualify as someone who blogs with spiritual intention — motivated by a calling, by a higher sense of purpose, with a mind toward changing the world for the good of all.
The Best Reason to Self-Publish
Trying to decide whether or not you should self-publish your book? If making money is your goal, then the bottom-line numbers are the deal-breaker. Do you understand how book royalties actually work in mainstream commercial publishing? I’m about to share with you the skinny and the ugly on exactly how much you can expect to…
Blogs to Books | Books to Blogs
As a writer, your ultimate goal is probably — at some point — to publish, sell, and reach your audience through word-based products — books. Blogs are closely related to books — they feed off one another — but they are very different mediums. How do you re-package existing writing and create something of additional value?
Following Your Golden Thread
Reinforcing your mission — your core message — over and over again can feel a little redundant from the author’s perspective — like a creative straight-jacket.
How do you limit and narrow and focus your blogging while simultaneously stockpiling an ever-growing quantity of original, quality articles? Don’t these goals contradict one another?
#1 Tip for New Bloggers
You can’t re-wind time. You can’t go back and start blogging sooner than you did. And trust me on this — the one thing you’ll be asking yourself later is “Why did I wait so long before starting my blog?”
General Recommedations from the Red Pen
General advice for writers and universal opportunities to improve your posts, articles, and manuscripts.
Is Your Blogging Schedule Too Ambitious?
In order to successfully manage a blogging schedule, you need to know what that schedule is — and you need that schedule to be incredibly do-able.
