Author Archive for Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen

How to Write Your Life Story – Tips for Memoir Writers

Have you always wanted to write your memoir, but didn’t know where to start? These tips for writing your life story are from literature professor Allan Hunter, who teaches at Curry College in Milton, MA. He’s also the author of Write Your Memoir: The Soul Work of Telling Your Story.
“Writing your memoir can be one of the [...]

Writing More, Writing Better – 6 Ways to Find More Time to Write

Do you wrestle with the “I have no time to write” beast – and wish you could be writing more, writing better, and achieving your writing goals? These six ways to find more time to write are from published author and poet, Emma Lee…and they’ll help you write even if you have a full-time job, [...]

How Do Bloggers Get Readers to Comment on Posts? Tips for Blogging

Since only 1% of readers comment on blog posts (1 in 100, as per ProBlogger Darren Rowse), bloggers need lots of traffic to get lots of comments! But, there are other ways bloggers can get readers to comment on posts…as revealed by these eight tips for bloggging…  
Here’s a great question from one of my readers:
“I follow my stats and know people [...]

Quips and Tips From a Published Writer, Medical Doctor and Flamenco Dancer

You don’t have time to write, you say? Check out this interview with author, doctor, and flamenco dancer Susan Biali. Her quips and tips will motivate you to write that book, send out those query letters, and build your blog beyond your wildest dreams!
Here’s what Dr Biali says about how difficult it is to get [...]

Opportunity for Writers – Contribute to an E-Book About Overcoming Writing Obstacles

Hear ye, Hear ye! Here’s an opportunity for successful freelance writers, novelists, and bloggers to share what they know, motivate aspiring writers, and spread the word about their books, blogs, and businesses…
I’m writing an e-book, tentatively titled Quips and Tips for Achieving Your Writing Goals, which will describe ways for aspiring (and experienced) writers to overcome 20 [...]

Taxes for Working Writers – Getting Organized for Income Tax Season

The downside of making money as a writer or blogger is paying income taxes; to ease your pain come April, here are eight ways for working writers and bloggers to get their taxes organized. This is important, fellow scribes, because the sooner you treat freelance writing like a business, the more money you’ll earn as a writer (and the [...]

How to Make Good Comments on Blog Posts

Leaving thoughtful comments on blog posts is reportedly a great way to drive traffic to your own blog. These seven tips for making good comments will help when you want to comment on a post, but all you can think of is “Uhhhh…..good blog post, dude!”
Here’s what ProBlogger Darren Rowse says about comments and blogging:
“I think [...]

Starting a Magazine Writing Career – How to Make Money as a Freelancer

A reader asked several important questions about starting a freelance magazine writing career on my Ask a Question About Writing page. Since money and successful writing are two of my favorite topics, I turned my answer in to a post about making money as a freelance writer…
Here’s what she said:
“I recently left Corporate America to return to school [...]

51 Over-Used Adverbs, Nouns, and Clichés in Writing

Do you want your writing to get noticed – in a good way? Ditch those boring, over-used words and phrases! Stop using amorphous adverbs and namby-pamby nouns! Delete crummy clichés! Two months ago I promised a reader in the comments section of 5 Over-Used Words and Phrases for Writers to Avoid that I’d write this [...]

Writing Quips and Tips From John Irving

What can writing advice can we absorb from American best-selling novelist John Irving? Here are several writing quips, from which I’ve teased tips about the definition of a “real” writer, the importance of action in writing, and how to be brave enough to live the life you love.
First, a quip from The World According to [...]

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