It’s been two weeks since I last posted and, boy, I can feel it. It is truly amazing how writing, or blogging, can be so addictive. Did I just say writing is addictive? Okay, I admit it. All these years, I have been warring with myself about if I like to write or not. After …
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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 …
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 …
The Challenge of Social Media
This is a difficult subject for me to blog about. For one, I am definitely not an expert when it comes to any of it. Two, there are so many platforms or apps out there that it's difficult to learn them all. Three, there is just not enough time in my day to even begin …
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 …
Navigating Social Media
Being a Social Media Admin on my day job does not mean I know anything about social media. Everything I know I have had to learn. And, I don't need to tell you that navigating social media is a challenge. To learn about every social media tool available today...takes time. But learn, one must. The …
The Space Between
What happens in the space between each blog? What a reader sees is what a writer writes. But, most of the living happens in between the writing, out there somewhere, someplace. And, the living is what keeps a writer from writing more. Sure, it gives a writer more to write about. But, if a busy …
Virginia Alice Crawford 