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Recently, several blog posts have made me think about e-books. Mig at eWritings released an e-book, The SEO Book of WordPress Blogs, which is a great resource for WordPress bloggers. Then Yvonne at Grow Your Writing Business posted a picture of a library bookcase chair, which led to my comment about e-books and Yvonne’s follow-on … Read more
In Journaling: What the heck is a journal anyway?, I talked about different kinds of journals and the difference between a journal and a diary. Sometimes what appears to be a diary can become a journal by helping you connect the dots, find relationships and patterns. For example, a food diary can be a helpful … Read more
A reader expressed an interest in posts on journal writing. A journal can be just anything you, the writer, want it to be. So the first step should be to decide what that is. Why do you journal? What do you hope to accomplish? Journals and diaries are sometimes considered to be the same. In … Read more
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Last week I shared my personal experiences with stroke, linked below in the Related Posts list. I hope these experiences help bring awareness to the effects of stroke on the individuals affected. However, it’s important for people to know some basic information about stroke. You can learn about the … Read more
As part of Stroke Awareness Month, I’m sharing my stroke experience. You can read about the beginning and the first three days in previous posts. From the third day after the stroke when I could move my fingers and lift my shoulder off the bed, I knew I would become functional again. But it took … Read more
As part of National Stroke Awareness Month, I’m sharing my stroke experience. You can read about the beginning in the previous post. When I woke up in the hospital, I was paralyzed on my right side and had lost sensation on my left side. My balance center was destroyed, and my eyes were damaged so … Read more
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and as part of the effort to make people aware of stroke, I’m going to share my own experience. Many people think it’s something that happens to old people, and the occurrence rate is certainly higher among the elderly. However, stroke (a “brain attack”) can happen at any age. … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. To cover marketing and promoting would require volumes. We’ve talked in previous posts about building a platform, creating a Web site, and lining up speaking events and other promotional events. In this final installment of the series, I’ll highlight a few … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. Writers who expect to sell their books in personal appearances or through brick-and-mortar stores may not see the value of having a Web site. But even if you don’t want to sell your books online, it’s important to have your own … Read more
You will find links to the other posts in the series at Self-Publishing Primer. Many of the tasks you will need to accomplish to publish your book must be done simultaneously, and you can self-publish a book much faster than the timeline below. In fact, Fern Reiss has a book, The Publishing Game: Publish a … Read more