Do you struggle with the idea of building author platform on social networks? Does creating personal relationships on Twitter and Facebook—in cyberspace—seem too time consuming and “unreal”—maybe even fake? Maybe you don’t really want any more friends, or you really want only close friends—the kind you can meet for coffee. Despite the emphasis so many people put on “social,” social…
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January Jones Wednesday How did you do with the January Jones writing prompt from last week? Wasn’t it interesting learning more about her show? Today’s writing prompt has a clever six degrees of separation quality to it. How does January Jones relate to the native peoples listed in today’s prompt? Basic research should yield fascinating details. Writing Prompt 005 Step 1:…
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This post is a blogged draft excerpt from The Author Training Manual (Writer’s Digest Books, March 2014). Read the previous blogged excerpt, here. The path to becoming a published author can seem long and arduous at times. Some writers get too tired, find it too difficult and give up before they see their name on the cover of their books….
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Pop Culture Monday Welcome to our second blog post in Pop Culture Monday as part of our month-long focus on the pop culture theme. Miss last Monday’s prompt? No problem. Here it is again. This is week 2, Writing Prompt 004 in our 44-week, 120-prompt training program en route to the WNFIN challenge! In today’s writing prompt, we are focusing on the young royal…
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Celebrity Quotes Friday Welcome to our first Celebrity Quotes Friday! Here is Writing Prompt 003 in our 44-week, 120-prompt training program en route to the WNFIN challenge! Every Friday in the month of January we’ll be featuring celebrity quotes. Time to Research: Which Celebrity Said What? Look at the celebrity quotes below. Can you figure out which celebrity said these things? “I don’t…
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