Are you writing to trending news? Alec Baldwin and RUST

Are you writing to trending news? Alec Baldwin and RUST

Are you writing to trending news? Alec Baldwin and RUST

Trending. And while some say you shouldn’t, I say why not? Today’s blog post is brought to you by me, a trending blog star. I go out and find trending stories for you and post about them here, and make them applicable to a writer/author and the life we all lead. Does that sound like something you are up for? Then, go to the link at the top of the page and join the Zanies. These are the people who get my newsletter, and also, the big news that is trending with me, FIRST. Before social media, before the blog,

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Boost your book sales, get readers

Boost your book sales, get readers

We are writers. We have talent. And of that talent, there are many facets. One such facet of our talents, when honed to a fine point, will give you a significant edge that will result in better book sales. And this talent will increase your awareness of what readers want,  and give you assertiveness that very few people have. This talent is something that very few writers can perform, and most of them don’t even want to try. And the really interesting thing is: you have an advantage on EVERY OTHER WRITER when you unleash this talent. WHAT IS THIS

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Ad hosting for fun and profit

Ad hosting for fun and profit

What do you think of when I say the word “ad”? do you get a picture in your head of something you recently saw on sale? Do you have a negative reaction to ad sales? Or are you sort of “ad” blind? Ad hosting for building an extra income Let’s say that you’re a writer whose written a good amount of books. On your Amazon page, you get some followers, sell some books, and get traffic to your Facebook page. Anyways, you are revamping and see that you don’t really use all of your website space. There’s a big bite

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Five helpful sites to build online presence

Five helpful sites to build online presence

DO YOU HAVE AN ONLINE PRESENCE YET? I thought it would be a good idea to list a few things that are helpful if you want to be successful online. They are tools of the trade, if you will. This is certainly not a complete list by any means, but it is one that I can nod at for you. And guess what? I DO NOT GET affiliate $$ from any of them!   FIVE HELPFUL SITES ONLINE Website design If you want to have a blog, I can recommend WordPress for your blogging platform. It is the platform I

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Mistakes when trying to go it alone

Mistakes when trying to go it alone

Mistakes happen but I ain’t smiling… When I first start working on something, I get so ramped up about it that I fly through every stage. It’s hard to make myself slow down and take issue with things that might be going off in a direction that I don’t intend to go. Just one of the mistakes we make when we are trying to go it alone. This even goes into my work-a-day job. I almost don’t want to ask anyone for help because I am a little bit of a control freak. But when I am flying through a

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