Category: Books
How to Fix Writer’s Block and Make Your Writing Sparkle
Knowing how to fix writer’s block is the first way to make your writing sparkle! These writing tips are inspired by writer’s coach and author Daphne Gray-Grant. Are you ready to claw your way back to smooth, happy writing? Before the tips, a quip: “When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” ~ Enrique Jardiel Poncela. The [...]
How to Let Go of Your Past – A “Quips and Tips” eBook
My third “Quips and Tips” ebook is about letting go of your past; it’s based on my most popular article on Quips and Tips for Achieving Your Goals (“How to Let Go of Someone You Love”). Every day, that article gets hundreds of hits – and it barely skims the surface of letting go of your [...]
How to Edit Another Writer’s Writing – 7 Editing Tips
How do you edit another writer’s writing? Not by following the Golden Rule! (“Do unto other writers…”) These editing tips will help you edit someone else’s writing and help you ask other writers to edit your own work — and the first tip explains why writers should avoid the Golden Rule. Before the tips, a quip: [...]
Writing eBooks – 10 Tips to Make eBook Writing Easier
Ah, writing ebooks. I love it! These tips will make ebook writing and publishing easier, especially if you want to write a nonfiction ebook (but these tips apply to writing fiction ebooks, too). I’ve written two ebooks about writing and making money blogging, and have learned a lot along the way. Here’s an excerpt from a [...]
5 Tips for Creating Passive Income for Freelance Writers
The more streams of passive income freelance writers have, the happier and wealthier they’ll be! These tips for creating passive income are inspired by Thursday Bram’s recently released The Freelance Writer’s Guide to Passive Income. “It’s a simple truth for freelance writers that, most days, someone else is making more money off our work than [...]
The Make Money Blogging eBook – and My Top 10 Tips
Writing my “make money blogging” eBook changed my approach to blogging! I learned that most bloggers don’t have the time, energy, or desire to be a six figure blogger — and so Quips and Tips for Successful Bloggers is for us bloggers who want to earn a few hundred (and eventually thousand) dollars a month. A few hundred dollars a month is realistic and [...]
How to Write a Google Adsense Ad to Sell Your eBook
Writing an ebook is a great way to earn passive income…if you can sell it! Google Adsense advertising can be an effective way to promote and sell your book, especially if you’re armed with tips. Here’s what I learned from writing my Google Adsense ad for 73 Ways to Fire Up (or Just Fire) the Muse… Before [...]
Getting Your Children’s Book Published – 4 Ways to Increase Creativity and Motivation
As a children’s book writer, you can and will get published – but you must stay the course! These ways to increase your creativity and motivation will give you the edge over thousands of writers also trying to get published…they’re from Sue Douglass Fliess, who refused to give up until she found a publisher for her children’s picture books. “If you are at [...]
Motivation for Writers – Fire Up (or Just Fire) the Writing Muse
Finding the motivation to write is a constant struggle, even for writers who earn a living from writing! What roadblocks do you face? Fear, doubt, uncertainty, lack of time, rejection sensitivity, perfectionism, procrastination, self-criticism, impatience? You’re not alone, my friend. “Everyone has talent; what is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark [...]
After Writing an E-Book – Pricing, Marketing, and Landing Pages
What do writers do after writing an eBook? After all, writing eBooks isn’t just about researching, editing, and making money! Successful authors also need to know about pricing, creating landing pages, marketing, and selling their eBooks. Here’s what one successful writer says about his line of eBooks: “Since writing my first eBook, I’ve learned better formatting [...]
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