February 14 can be a source of writing inspiration and blog traffic – if you can think of interesting ideas to write about! These tips for blogging on Valentine’s Day will take you a step beyond the same old articles about “romantic gift ideas” or “tips for saying ‘I love you’ on Valentine’s Day” (not [...]

Successful writers create new article or book ideas all the time – but do they talk about them before they’re written? Not according to Mario Puzo, Sidney Sheldon, or Ernest Hemingway…
“Never talk about what you are going to do until after you have written it,” said Mario Puzo.
Oops. I’m not only talking about my latest book [...]

These web writing tips from professional bloggers and online writers range from effective search optimization to linking strategies. They’ll help increase traffic to your website or blog, fellow scribes!
Before the tips, a definition of blogging from the Copywriting Institute:
“Blogging is where the writer really lets his personality show,” says Kelly Robbins of The Copywriting Institute. “Blogging is designed to [...]

These three ways to earn more money as a freelance writer occurred to me during my massage the other day. I realized that my massage therapist could only earn money while she was actually working. But the best way to get rich is to earn money on something(s) while you do other things. For a [...]

These tips for staying motivated to write are from successful writers, freelancers, novelists, playwrights, and poets — because they know how to stay motivated to write despite rejection.
Before the tips, a quip:
“I’ve never met a writer who wanted to be anything else.” - Natalie Goldberg.
She hasn’t met me! I’ve wanted to be many, many things — I [...]

These ten tips for starting a new blog or website for writers are from my own experience; I created two professional websites in three weeks. I’ve used themes create by Michael Pollock at Solostream. Here are the top 10 things I’ve learned from creating my blogs. 
Before the tips, a quip from Winston Churchill. Substitute the words “starting a website” for “writing”, and you’ll see what [...]

I learned these steps to setting up a blog for writers the hard way – by building my first blog, Quips & Tips for Achieving Your Goals. The learning curve was steep — and still is, in many ways! But it’s well worth it – and here’s what I learned the hard way.
Why Writers Blog
The benefits of [...]