I may be taking a few weeks off before continuing with my next novel project, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about my projects or fooling around with some interesting tools, books, and such in the meantime. So I just thought I’d share a quick run-down of some of the things I’ve been toying with recently: The Marshall Plan Software The Marshall Plan
We’ve talked a lot here about why writers should blog, from using blogs as a marketing tool for your freelance writing services to blogging as an added income stream. Now let’s talk about how you can get more from your blog by moving beyond the blog itself. Here are additional income streams / outlets that blogging can potentially lead to if you levereage it right:
For one of the books I’m working on, I’ve thought about launching a character blog before I either pitch to publishers or decide to self-publish. I’d like to explore the potential ethical issues of a character blog and see what others here think about them. What is a Character Blog? A character blog is a blog authored by a fictional character – in this case,
A lot of freelance writers have their own blogs. Do those blogs have to be “perfect,” though? I’ve seen comments on both sides of this issue, and I’d like to know what you think? Personally, I think there are a few considerations: Blog Purpose Is the blog just a personal blog? If so, I’d not worry so much about the occasional typo or poorly-constructed sentence.
You may remember that not long ago I was talking about Karen Wiesner’s First Draft in 30 Days. Well, she has a new book coming out in September, and I wanted to share a few of the tools she’s using for online book promotion during the pre-launch phase. The book is called From First Draft To Finished Novel. As far as I’m concerned, from the
I recently posted about virtual publicity tours, and how authors can use various online promotional strategies to promote a new book. But virtual publicity tours are for more than authors – freelance writers (as well as anyone with something to promote) can also make use of them. Focusing on virtual blog tours specifically, it’s really nothing more than basic blogger relations. Blogger Relations for Freelance
I’m planning to find out. I finally got around to launching a much more personal blog over at JennSays.com. It’s not a “journal” blog, but a personal-style blog being worked into my overall business model. Why a Personal Blog? I’ve been known on a few of my niche blogs to take very harshly critical views on things – essentially, I’m more likely to rant if
When you work as a freelance writer, you generally have a lot of control over your own schedule. That may sound great, but what it often means is that we’re prone to procrastination and distractions – it’s too easy to say “Well, I can always just work extra hours later tonight to finish this up.” It doesn’t have to be hard to be more productive
I’m very happy to say that my novel outline should be completed later today. That leaves me with four more days to go through it all, fill in any holes that still exist (I’ve been keeping notes on things like that as I go along, so that should be relatively painless), and make a list of anything else I may want to research further before
With new businesses launched all the time, and new websites launched every day, there’s a huge demand for freelance copywriting services. I’m talking about marketing copy – copy that sells or persuades a reader or visitor to do something (from clicking a link to requesting a quote to signing up for an email newsletter subscription). Do you think you have what it takes to succeed
I’m happy to say that tomorrow (technically later today at this hour), I should be finished up with writing the outline for the novel I’m referring to here only as Sarah. I still have four days left of my 30-day plan to clean that outline up, fill in any holes, etc., so it’s not quite complete – I’m in the home stretch though. That means
I’m nearly finished outlining a novel (this will be the second completed novel outline with a third starting in a few weeks). The first novel was outlined using The Marshall Plan. The current novel outline is being put together using the plan from First Draft in 30 Days. (The next will be outlined using the plan from Book in a Month, as a means of
Chris Bibey of ChrisBlogging.com recently had an interesting post that I’d like to expand upon: Can Freelance Writers Work 7 Days a Week? I doubt anyone would say you “can’t” work seven days per week as a freelance writer – the real question (and one that Chris addresses regarding burnout potential) is “should you?” My view is this: No. Most people should not try to
Karen Wiesner, author of First Draft in 30 Days (which I’m currently using to outline a novel), got in touch weighing in on the process and addressing some of the comments I made about certain aspects just not “being me.” I wanted to go ahead and share those with you here, so you can have a bit more background on the process and adapting it