One of the ways to build author platform involves pitching yourself and your expertise to the media. This means offering them solid, interesting, pertinent, newsworthy, unique information they need or want. How do you know what type of stories journalists seek? Easy. Tap into the places they post their queries. In other words, discover what stories they are writing for…
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Taking Inspired Action to Achieve Your Writing Goals
In my other blog, As the Spirit Moves Me, and in my booklet and e-book, The Kabbalah of Conscious Creation, I often talk about taking inspired action. It’s a concept I stress as part of the process of creating what you desire. However, as a writing coach and publishing mentor, I also feel this principle holds an important place in…
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Sharing Your Blog Posts on Facebook
For those of you using Facebook for personal or professional reasons, be sure to take advantage of what it has to offer when it comes to promoting your blog. Many people consider it just a place to keep up with friends and family, but more and more businesspeople–and savvy writers, authors, and book and blog promoters–are finding it an extremely…
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Do You Know What Your Book Is About or If It's Viable?
I once was told, “If you can’t write the subject of your book on the back of a business card, then you don’t know what you’re writing about.” So, try this simple test. Take a business card and turn it over, or cut out a piece of paper the size of a business card (2” × 3.5”) and on it…
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How to Write About Negative Life Experiences
When writing about life experiences, it’s important not to let so-called negative life story scare us or our readers off. I recently received a comment on my VibrantNation.com blog about 10 Ways to Use Your Life Story in Nonfiction Writing (which you can also read here) that got me thinking about the fact that memoir writers, personal essayists and those…
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Why You Shouldn't–or Should–Blog a Book
I came across an interesting blog post not long ago and bookmarked it. If you are considering blogging a book, you might want to read it–just to get a different perspective than mine, since I’m a big advocate of blogging books. If you didn’t know this, check out my other blog, How to Blog a Book. This particular post is…
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Pitfalls to Avoid in Media Outreach
Despite the fact that the Internet provides a wonderful way for aspiring authors to build platform and for established authors to promote their books, getting media placements, such as spots on well-known radio and television shows, still goes a long way in helping books succeed. However, if you don’t know what you’re doing when you reach out to the media…
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