Archive for January, 2008

The question here is what makes a writer a true ‘writer’? Some authors would answer with simply ‘if you write, you are a writer’. Others prove to be more discriminating and add that a writer gets paid for their work. In this case, I am a writer by both definitions, but somehow I still feel [...]

I found myself ‘tagged’ the other day by Dailywritingprompt and felt the idea very interesting the way to market one’s blog. Not to say a blogger shouldn’t consider the general routes of marketing such as the link sharing web sites like StumpleUpon.com or Technorati.com. But this tagging exercise sounded fun, linked to me other blogs, [...]

I would like to invite writers who pass by my site to leave comments, and links back to their blogs or web site, or web site you like about writing, and questions if you have them. I would also ask that visitors also consider emailing or leaving a note of an interest in being a [...]

Blogging is the art of online journaling by writing text and posting to a public forum. Writing daily is crucial to the writer’s craft, and what better way than to post for everyone to read online? From personal day to day writing about your life, philosophies or rants, you can move to something of [...]

With my writer’s group, we’ve been recently exploring the means in which we can share our work via the Internet. Our demands are simple; collaboration must be free, easy to use, and able to allow members to post feedback on a piece of writing.
There are two services I really like are;

Google Documents.
Google documents includes a [...]

A writer’s group provides an author inspiration, feedback from fellow writers, and provides a social community to which one can share their craft with others of like mind. You may find, however, there are no groups in your area. This article should help you form your own network, easily and without fuss.
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One tip many published authors have given is simply…. to write. The very act of writing, and writing regularly will help improve writing. This means you should find the means to get something down every day such as a blog, short story, or whatever medium you’re writing in, but to get something written every day.
I [...]

Writer’s block….the very phrase is enough to strike fear into the heart of a writer, but its inevitable. You sit and stare mindlessly at the blank page, unable to rouse enough interest in any subject or topic if your life depended on it. Fear naught, there is hope.
Freewriting is a very useful tool to break [...]

Last year I promised myself that I would get published. I didn’t specify as to what or even how I would reach this goal, but I did, in fact, get published. Being unclear, this endeavor didn’t pan out as much as I had hoped. I published, and received payment for some articles through Associated Content. [...]