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Change Your Author Blog into an Author Website

by Nate Hoffelder on March 19, 2020 1 Comment

Many author websites were set up as blogs first with a column of blog posts on the left, and a sidebar on the right for things like sign up forms.

Author Blogging: 5 Reasons to Start and 3 Ways to Do It Right

by Joel Friedlander on March 9, 2020 4 Comments

Blogging is considered an important component of an author platform. Brandon Cornett gives us some insight about the “whys” and “hows” of author blogging.

5 Tips for Popular Posts on Your Author Blog

by Shelley Sturgeon on July 15, 2019 3 Comments

A popular author blog can be a key ingredient of a successful author platform and being a successful author—translation: selling lots of books!

Is There a Writing Mulligan in Your Midst?

by Judith Briles on February 21, 2018 4 Comments

When you feel drained of words, and what you are now beginning to think of as the “dreaded blog” is due the next day, how about giving yourself a second chance … a Writing Mulligan?

Author Websites, Blogs, and Book Sales Pages

by Joel Friedlander on May 11, 2015 28 Comments

Last week Stephanie Chandler invited me to do a presentation for the Nonfiction Writer’s Conference, an online event featuring lots of speakers on topics of interest to self-publishers and nonfiction authors. The topic was “Essentials for Author Websites, Blogs and Book Sales Pages” and it was designed as a 40 minute teleconference presentation, so no […]

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #35

by Joel Friedlander on August 25, 2013 7 Comments

Self-Publishing: Carnival of the Indies Issue #35 including Dave Bricker, August Wainwright, Dianne Greenlay, Nina Amir and many more

This Week in the Blogs, June 9 – 15, 2013

by Joel Friedlander on June 16, 2013 1 Comment

We’re celebrating fathers today, and speaking personally, I think that’s a really good idea. You won’t find any Father’s Day blog posts here, but you will find some amazing writing on subjects ranging from an incredible reader site you haven’t heard of to the whole future of self-publishing. Dive in, the water’s fine, and don’t […]