Blogging
Media-Savvy Author: Video Storytelling, Bringing Your Book to Life
Media coach Paula Rizzo helps you become a more media-savvy author by sharing 5 ideas for creating video content about your fiction or nonfiction writing.
6 Food Blogging Pros and Cons
Deanna Martinez-Bey shares six pros and cons of food blogging, including working alone, complete control, and more.
How I’m Changing the Literary Landscape—and Why
Editor and literary podcast host Zibby Owens explains how she went from idolizing authors to wanting more from the publishing industry.
What Should Writers Blog About?
What should writers blog about if they write fiction? Poetry? Nonfiction? Do blog topics have to align with your other writing? We dive into these questions here.
5 Ways an Author Blog Could Kill Your Writing (and What to Do Instead)
Static author websites are great, and you’d be crazy not to have one. But starting an author blog is a different (and often tragic) story. In fact, your author blog might even kill your writing. There are hundreds of authors who started blogs, churned out posts for a year, and let it come to a dead stop.
Home Base: Follow These 4 Basic Steps to Begin Building Your Author Blog
Learn the ABCs of how to develop content for your new author blog in the May/June 2018 Writer’s Digest, and follow these basic steps to give your website a firm foundation—which is, actually, a lot like building a house.
How to Launch Your Blog With Your Book in Mind
If you’re starting a blog with dreams of writing a book some day, don’t make the same mistakes I did. Launch your blog with your book in mind.
10 Ways First-Time Writers Can Get Noticed on Social Media
There are many ways first-time authors can leverage social media to build their online presence and gain momentum in their careers. Here 10 insights on how to get noticed on social media:
5 Ways to Turn Your Blog Into a Book-Writing Machine
The following five strategies transform your blogging time from a promotional activity into a book-writing activity as well.
