HOW BROAD SHOULD AN author platform be? In this multi-outlet age of social media, podcasts, live streaming, blogging and whatever is about to emerge, how many places do you need to show up to showcase … [Read more...] about How Broad Should an Author Platform Be? With Joanna Penn
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From Research to Writing a Book, with Anne Kreamer
Anne Kreamer is the writer we all want to speak with right now. The author of one book on navigating emotion in the new workplace, another on the risk/reward ratio of taking intelligent leaps in your … [Read more...] about From Research to Writing a Book, with Anne Kreamer
How to Write a Memoir in a Graduation Speech
AS WRITERS, WE GET called on to do all manners of wild things. Some years ago, this included giving the cum laude gradation speed at my daughter's single-sex school. It seemed like a great challenge, … [Read more...] about How to Write a Memoir in a Graduation Speech
How to Write From the Small Moments of Life
THERE ARE MANY over-used and under-explained phrases in writing instruction. We tell writers to "show, not tell." We tell them to "write what you know," and we tell them that they need to know how to … [Read more...] about How to Write From the Small Moments of Life
How to Turn a Passion Into a Writing Career, with Music Journalist Andy Aledort
Music Journalist Andy Aledort knows how to turn a passion into a writing career. Andy is the longtime senior editor and writer at Guitar Magazine, and is recognized worldwide both as a guitar … [Read more...] about How to Turn a Passion Into a Writing Career, with Music Journalist Andy Aledort
How to Write While Rusty: A Guide to Working Amid The Tumult and After a Pause
I WENT TO WRITE SOMETHING the other day and discovered I was – uh-oh! – rusty. Really rusty. I write all the time, and I have published four books, but these days I write mostly for this blog or for … [Read more...] about How to Write While Rusty: A Guide to Working Amid The Tumult and After a Pause
