Sometimes in the course of life, we must do what needs our attention. And yet, we must also diligently strive to make room for what our soul cries out for us to achieve. Promises, Promises Yes, I should not have made a promise I wasn't sure I could keep. Yes, I did not get any …
Category: Writing Blogs
Book Update: Valid Distractions
I have decided on the first Sunday of each month to provide my second book update and share my valid distractions (and maybe not so valid). What am I up to? What is keeping me from writing? What is helping me be more productive? I hope you will enjoy and find my updates of value …
Writing & Promoting While On Overload
Whether I am experiencing life at a slow or fast pace, I often feel like I am on social media overload. It is great that there are so many social media platforms to meet my social and self-publishing, self-marketing needs. But while trying to decide which ones best suit my needs, it has been overwhelming …
Scheduled Writings
Whether you are a fiction or nonfiction writer, my guess is that scheduled writings are, or could be, beneficial to you. If it were not for scheduled writings in my life, I would probably not get any writing done. And if you have done any type of writing whatsoever, whether it's for work as in …
Time Off From Writing
When I go to the country, there is currently no Internet. So, I tell myself that I am taking time off from writing. Even so, I use a lot of data surfing social media including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Twitter. I have thought of all kinds of ideas to be more efficient when typing …
Self-Marketing A Book
How are you doing at marketing your new book or books? Are you doing well and don't need much help in getting the word out to the public? Or are you struggling, wondering how to make another sale or how to get the word out there to the wider world? When I started writing my …
Writing On Empty
What does a writer do when exhaustion outweighs the creative thought process? Write or not write. What gets a writer to weigh in and decide that writing is more important than needed rest and a few more winks? Is it meeting a writing goal? Is it being stubborn about not letting other stuff get in …
The Writing Life
How many of you can say you expected to be promoting yourself as a writer? Whether you are a blogger, published author, or freelance writer, would you say that it might be a good idea if you had taken marketing in school? Do you even think there is a college degree out there that offers …
Blogging
The one thing I'm told a person must do if one blogs is to blog often, at least once a day. If one doesn't blog often, followers will lose interest. That might be a bit difficult for someone like me. Often for me comes in waves, all dependent upon every internal and external factor in my …
Virginia Alice Crawford 