Author Archive: Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen is a full-time wordsmith and blogger in Vancouver, BC. Known as the Adventurous Writer, she created six "Quips and Tips" websites, and has written four "Quips and Tips" ebooks.
How to Use Harvest Time Management Software for Writers
Writers need to manage their time effectively – and knowing how to use Harvest Time Management Software can be just what writers need. In fact, time management can make or break a writing career. These tips for writers are based on project software called Harvest, which is designed to help writers use their time well. “As a freelance copywriter, [...]
Making Your Blog Posts Popular – 5 Web Writing Tips
These tips for marketing your blog posts are from experienced Suite 101 writer, Mark Solomon. He uses over 70 marketing techniques to make his blog posts more popular – and here he shares five big ones! Before the tips, a quip: “Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people [...]
Blogging Goals – 7 Types of Goals to Set for Your Blog
It’s time to set blogging goals – new year or not! Here are seven types of goals to set for your blog, to solidify your intentions and help you be a successful blogger. First, here’s a quip about writing that can be applied to blogging: “That’s the essential goal of the writer: you slice out a [...]
How to Write Better – 5 Quick Tips for Clear, Effective Writing
The key to successful writing – whether it’s a school essay, business proposal, book manuscript, feature article, or blog post (phew!) – is using clear and effective words and sentences. Here are several quick tips for better writing, which will make even the dullest subjects more interesting for readers (and writers!). Before the tips, a quip: [...]
Signs It’s Time to Hire a Webmaster for Your Blog
Hiring a Webmaster (or Webmistresses, of course – but I’ll use “Webmaster” for simplicity’s sake) for your blog can be a great way to invest in your writing or blogging career! But, how do you know it’s time to hire a Webmaster to work on your blog? What does a Webmaster do? And, how do [...]
6 Ways to be a More Productive Writer or Blogger
The more productive you are as a writer or blogger, the more writing gigs you’ll win, the more books you’ll write, and the more money you’ll earn! One of the keys to earning a great living as a writer is to increase not just the number of words you write every day, but to figure [...]
6 Ways to Promote Your Blog or Books With Your Email Signature
Many successful writers use their email signatures to promote their books or blog links – but that can get a little ho-hum. Here are a few creative ways to add pizzazz to your email signature to increase book sales and blog traffic – whether you’re an aspiring author or a busy blogger (or both!). Before the tips, [...]
What Are Evergreen Articles? Examples of Ever-Popular Content
Evergreen articles are my favorite articles to write, for both magazines and my Quips and Tips blogs – because evergreen content is always popular! These examples of evergreen articles include a definition of evergreen articles, several categories of evergreen content, and specific examples of my most popular evergreen blog posts. This will help you find ideas to pitch to editors and [...]
How to Write Effective Titles for Magazine Articles and Blog Posts
Before you can capture readers with your words and voice, you must write an effective title! Whether you’re writing magazine articles, blog posts, school essays, or a book – your best title makes readers drool with anticipation. “Fewer than 10 little words, but so many headaches,” says freelance writer Sara Bimmel. “Why is writing a title so difficult? It could be the pressure [...]
4 Signs You Need to Reevaluate Your Writing or Publication Goals
To be successful, writers need to step away from their career goals (whether that’s getting a book published, maintaining a personal blog, or freelancing for national magazines) regularly. We need to jump off the merry-go-round of pitching ideas, researching books or articles, and blogging our hearts out to figure out where our career is going! [...]
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