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9 Mental “Tools” for Writing When the Clock is Ticking … and Beyond

by Judith Briles on October 25, 2018 6 Comments

If your creative brain just doesn’t want to keep time as the OMG hour approaches, here’s 9 mental “tools” for writing when the clock is ticking.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Writing Tagged With: article writing, blog writing, book writing, Judith Briles

Are You Writing the Right Chord?

by Judith Briles on May 25, 2016 8 Comments

Do you write the right chord or fill your paragraphs with words that don’t move the story or premise forward because you feel you’ve got to fill up space?

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Writing Tagged With: blog writing, Judith Briles, Writing

Top 5 Reasons Authors Shouldn’t Blog Their Books

by Joel Friedlander on July 9, 2010 32 Comments

Although Authors should have blogs to help form community and support their marketing, it’s not always the best idea to blog works in progress. Here are five reasons authors should think twice about what material they blog about, and what they might keep private.

Filed Under: Marketing, Social Media, Writing Tagged With: author blog, author platform, blog writing, creative writing, self publishing

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