This is #6 in a series of articles on Spark Your Creativity Through the Numbers for Writers, posted on Saturdays, an ongoing series designed to inspire, motivate and get you writing up a storm! Tips shared here are inspired by my bestselling e-book, Overcome Writer’s Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity.
Many authors just getting started in marketing their books think that Twitter is a confusing beast. But actually Twitter provides us with a wonderful platform to show off our writing skills 140 characters at...
Welcome to our bi-weekly posts from guest columnist, Bobbye Terry. This week she offers useful tips for us to treat our writing as a business.
Major confession time. I stopped blogging regularly a few days ago, and my traffic has been cut in half. And I started blogging more about a topic that is probably not that interesting to most of my readers: my new novel’s blog tour. So two major faux pas, but I’m just going to concentrate on the first one.
Hello fellow young adult authors: I’m doing a blog tour this summer to celebrate the upcoming print release of Henrietta The Dragon Slayer June 1. Today was my second stop here: http://cawilson.blogspot.com/2011/05/weclome-beth-barany.html Please join...
I am failing at journal writing. I’m participating in two journaling communities in which you share your day and your posts and in doing so, you will magically chart your inextricably progress towards the achievement of self-realization and future success.
Today write for 20 minutes about your vision for your writing career. Go! Post your vision. Thanks!
Lots and lots of chocolate, hard rock music, long walks, and wacking a sticking against a punching bag. And writing! Because as my clients and students know: Writing begets writing. Yes, it’s the time...
Many authors stare at me with a stunned look on their face when faced with the prospect of making new connections on social media. It can be daunting, confusing, scary even. We may think that we’re starting with nothing and that’s a scary prospect. But actually, we all already have a social circle. We just need to recreate it in a new place and grow upon that.
“Reading about Henrietta and her three unusual companions gave me pause for laugh and contemplation.” Read more here: http://bit.ly/lBp663 What a lovely review on my YA fantasy Henrietta The Dragon Slayer from Tami! Thank...
I love Paris. And I enjoyed this fast-paced action thriller starring John Travolta and John Rhys-Meyers. It’s really a buddy film… And Rhys-Meyers has some great skills with languages…
This is #5 in a series of articles on Spark Your Creativity Through the Numbers for Writers, posted on Saturdays, an ongoing series designed to inspire, motivate and get you writing up a storm! Tips shared here are inspired by my bestselling e-book, Overcome Writer’s Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity.
Are you in a hurry to succeed? And just what does that success look? And look — squirrel! My entrepreneurial life feels like this — lots of question, lots of busy doing, and lots of distractions that seem beyond my control (but intellectually I know they aren’t.) Other Artist Entrepreneur posts have been about tips and support tool. This post is personal and actually sharing something personal and asking for help.
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by Beth Barany · Published April 28, 2011 · Last modified April 27, 2011
What would it feel like if suddenly you couldn’t see? How would you know where you were going and which way was the right way? Sure those who are blind learn to adapt to the loss of vision, but they adapt by replacing the visual cues with other ones that become, in essence, their new eyes.
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