Over and over again, I find the same mistakes prevent aspiring authors from achieving their goals of becoming successful—even bestselling—published authors. You can avoid them, however, once you know what they are. The 5 Mistakes that Stop You From Succeeding as an Author You don’t develop marketable book ideas. To become a successful author, you have to create book ideas…
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By Helen Sedwick (@HelenSedwick) Today’s writers wear many hats. We are Tweeters, Pinteresters, YouTube-ists and most of all, bloggers. Maybe we have heard about privacy policies, but we don’t know whether we need one. After all, we are not challenging Wall Street, City Hall, or Big Data. Most of us are not selling advertising space alongside our posts. We are…
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You always can think of a reason not to do what you say you want to do, which is to create a fabulous career as a nonfiction writer. How often do you find reasons to do what is necessary instead? Not often. I’ve heard the reasons: You don’t have the money. You don’t have the time. Your significant other (or…
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By Frances Caballo (@CaballoFrances) We use social media to attract traffic to our blogs. Did you know that you can also encourage traffic to certain social media accounts by embedding code? Don’t worry. You won’t have to learn HTML in order to embed tweets or pinboards on your blog or website. You will, however, need to know how to add…
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As a blogger and magazine journalist, repurposing work is a concept I’m familiar with—but I don’t always put this strategy to work often enough. When I do, I get my work in front of more potential readers and increase my earning potential, however. That’s why in this nonfiction writing prompt I’d like to encourage you to begin recycling, or reusing,…
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