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Monthly Archives: April 2010

How to Launch an e-Book

Friday, April 30, 2010

As I prepare to launch my site’s first product, How to Build an e-Book, I wanted to let my regular readers know what to expect in the coming week.

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About the Author (Creative Writing Exercise)

Friday, April 30, 2010

This Creative Writing Exercise calls you to improve your blog: Write your About page to start building your platform. Sell yourself, get started with Wordpress.

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Why You Need a Professional Blog (Part 2)

Thursday, April 29, 2010

It’s been nearly three months since I told you that you should start a blog to become a better writer. My attitude hasn’t changed a whit, but my advice has. You see, when I was…let’s say twelve, I decided I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I liked writing well enough, I [...]

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What I Learned about Writing this Week…from Writing Time

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Alan Alda said, “Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.” Humor is a writer’s best friend. We need to laugh, because the action of laughing pulls the lid off that well of creativity, giving us access to our most important and abundant resource. Yes, we need to take our craft seriously…but we need to learn not to take ourselves too seriously…

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Why You Need a Professional Blog (Part 1)

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The economy of the ’90s is already obsolete, outsourced, and we find ourselves once again with an abundance of free time. What are we filling it with? Words.

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