writing

Writer’s Block: How To Put It Behind You

From time to time, I get writers block. For some reason, the ideas simply don’t come. There I sit just staring at the screen……..nothing happening. Or I just write something, delete it, write something else, delete it again. I suppose anyone who writes will get writers block at some point. Here are ways I manage to break through writers block. Change the Method If you work on your computer most of the time, use a pen and paper instead. Try moving to a different desk. Just write down some words, any words or brief ideas. By changing scenery and a… Read More »Writer’s Block: How To Put It Behind You

Can You Speed-Write? How Fast Can You Write?

One thing you can be sure of when it comes to having any presence online: you need lots of content over time. Now some of that content can be audio or video or graphical images. Most of it though, will be text. That means words. And plenty of them. Website copy, sales copy, eBooks, Reports, Blog Posts, Articles, Social Media posts and so it goes on. There is a way to learn to write faster so you can get more produced. Know what you are going to write about ahead of time. This is where a content or editorial calendar… Read More »Can You Speed-Write? How Fast Can You Write?

Writing Your eBook Well

Writing an eBook can be daunting.

I know: I hesitated for some time. I used pre-written content for which had I had rights to break into writing my first ebook. It wasn’t wholly satisfying – I spent more time making it sound like me and getting the content right than it would have taken to have written one myself in the first place!

One thing that stopped me and others it seems is how to format an eBook and how to structure the all important call to action and ensure links back to you.

I like what John White has to say here:

“The about-page is rather busy and contains seven hyperlinks, but I tried to ensure that each of them would stand out at a glance:

a link to my online portfolio
a link to this blog
a SurveyMonkey link on which to harvest reader feedback
my e-mail address
a RetweetThis link
a link to my LinkedIn profile
a link toRead More »Writing Your eBook Well

Will 2014 Be The Year You Succeed As A Writer?

Some people are talented and disciplined and manage to create quality works which become publishing successes. Many of us languish. What if there was a supported 12 month program you could do, run by a successful author, that helped you bring your writing to the world – and helped you find ways to sell your creations as well? My colleague Shawn Hansen has a super duper special price on this brand NEW writers course – it is fully a 12 month program with resources, support, techniques, challenges and more. Seriously, if you can’t succeed as a writer with the help… Read More »Will 2014 Be The Year You Succeed As A Writer?

Get Paid As a Writer

Don’t know about you but I love writing. I’m not always as consistent or as productive as I’d like to be and that’s why I’ve just joined this new Course.

This is shaping up to be the key to me achieving my writing goals next year. Best part is, it’s just started so by getting in on the ground floor you get to ride the lift all the way 🙂

Here’s what’s included…

a year-long, comprehensive, self-paced training course covering what you need to learn to become a successful, money-making writer.
designed to help every writer accomplish his or her writing, publishing, and sales goals no matter whether you write eBooks, articles, short fiction, PLR, reports, print books, microfiction, information products.
doesn’t matter if you’re new to writing or you’ve been at it for awhile, you’ll gain access to customizable exercises, planning guides, and information, so you can start new projects, complete ones that need toRead More »Get Paid As a Writer

How To Write Better

Ok so here’s the deal. I’m checking out this new gizmo to really motivate the writing habit.

See, people on forums and blogs that I read are invariably fessing up about the fact that they know they have to write / love to write / want to write but just don’t do it. For whatever reason.

It could be that ‘blank sheet = blank mind’ kind of thing.

Or maybe they have so many ideas popping into their head they don’t know where to start.

For some it’s a matter of not feeling worthy ‘but so many people have written about this before and so much better, what have I got to contribute, who’d want to hear me say it” or some other variation of self doubt.

The whole point being that either people then procrastinate before actually getting the writingRead More »How To Write Better