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What to do When Your Book Launch Fails
Most writers have been there. They spend months---maybe years---writing a book. They get all excited. Maybe...
REGISTER TODAY: Why No One is Reading Your Blog (and How to Fix it) WEBINAR
In 2014, no one read my blog. No matter what I did, nothing seemed to bring people to it. So naturally, I almost gave up. What was the point in...
How to Create Your Book’s Marketing Plan
This is a guest post by Lucia Tang. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and strategy, wasn’t born the usual way—she came out of her parent’s head,...
How to Run a Successful Blog Course FAQ
What’s the first thing you want to know when deciding if something’s for you? Maybe you want to know what’s in it for you? Or if it offers good...
How to Structure a Blog Post
Writing effectively is as much an art as it is a science, and blog writing is no exception. Having a blog can be a great way to connect with your...
How to Run a Writing Workshop for Children
This is a guest post by Katherine Hetzel. Creative writing workshops sound easy to do---you just find a load of different prompts, give them to the...
How to Create a Writer Website or Blog
Like it or not, websites are an important part of life as a writer in the twenty-first century. Your website is the first place readers who find you in an interview, on a guest blog post, or through your books, will go to find out more information about you and the other things you’ve written. If you don’t have a website, you risk losing those potential readers and even future sales.
7 Jobs for Creative Writing Graduates
When I was coming up to graduating from my BA in Creative Writing, I received no guidance from the uni or anyone else about what to do next. Frankly, no one knew what to do with me. I was only cut out for sitting in a darkened room with a typewriter on my own with no money for the rest of my life…right?
Wrong.
Social Media for Writers: Which Platforms You Need to be on, Based on What You Write
Having a web presence is essential for all writers in the twenty-first century.
Whether you write fiction, poetry, scripts, nonfiction or all of the above, social media can help to boost your audience.
Even if you haven’t finished your work in progress yet, there’s no excuse for not starting to build your profile now. The sooner you start, the bigger your audience will be by the time your work is ready.