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Matthew Brown started the topic Your about page in the forum General Chat 6 years, 6 months ago
Just a quick FYI, bloggers. I’ve published a guide to why your about page matters. let’s make some truly stunning about pages.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic I am having a writer’s block and I want to hire a ghostwriter, I hire or not? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years, 6 months ago
I’ve not used any ghostwriter services myself but I can share some thoughts on writer’s block.
I published an article last year on the advice given by writers on overcoming writer’s block.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 6 years, 6 months ago
Possibly the most important page on an author’s blog is the about page. Yet, this vital about page is too often left out. Today I am going to take a look at the humble about page and why it is so important for […]
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Blog: A Cool New Resource for Developing and Sharing Your Ideas from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
My husband once had the chance to ask novelist James Ellroy where he got the idea for one of his…
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How to receive advice as a writer in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months ago
Giving advice is one thing, how you receive advice is quite another. For some reason, reciving advice is a topic that is not covered all that much. In this post, we are going to take a look at how to receive […]
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Blog: A Minimalist’s Guide to Visual Content Marketing (Even If You’re Not a Designer) from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
What if I told you there’s a passageway directly into the brains of your readers — and it doesn’t involve…
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Advice on giving advice in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months ago
Giving advice to another writer is often a core feature of a writer’s group. That’s why Thanet Creative holds a fortnightly all genre feedback evening.
For those moments when you are not sure what advice to […]
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Blog: Writers Can’t Fake This from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
Deadlines can be met without stringent schedules, which are suffocating for writers. It shows in their prose. A writer needs…
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Getting a good literary agent in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months ago
Getting published is not easy. Getting a literary agent helps but getting an agent is no small task.
For example, 5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Work from Ending Up in an Agent’s Trash” by Bethany Cadman (author o […]
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Perfection vs good enough? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months ago
It is said that the enemy of good is perfection. As writers, our drive for perfection can stop us from getting to “good enough”.
There will always be something wrong with your work. However, there comes a time […]
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Blog: Romance Your Customers with Some Seriously Practical Business and Marketing Advice from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
Happy Valentine’s Day! Or if you’re not a fan, Happy Fake Emotional Obligation Day! Whether you’re hunting down a table…
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Valentine’s day is bunk in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months ago
Valentine’s day is a lot of bunk.
Who decided that dating should become a national holiday? Not me, that is for sure.
When romance becomes a duty – another date where we feel compelled to buys cards and […]
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Give your WiP some love this valentines day in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months ago
While many will have plans for romance and all that today, what better time for the rest of us to show our WiP (work in progress) a little love?
For those creatives among us with loved ones who might expect […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 6 years, 6 months ago
The HG Wells Short Story Competition has been announced for 2019 and the theme, this year is “time”.
The HG Wells Short Story Competition closes Monday 8th July 2019. Which is the date us regular writers need […]
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Blog: How to Use Content Marketing to Develop Your Audience’s Stages of Awareness from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
Last week, Austin wrote a post for us that quoted every copywriting geek’s favorite writer, Eugene Schwartz, and his classic…
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What Brexit means for authors in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months ago
There is a danger that the end of free movement will create barriers for authors appearing at festivals in the EU, as well as European writers travelling to festivals in the UK. The Government must ensure that […]
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Blog: 5 Steps to Protect Your Attention and Become a Better Thinker from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
“I didn’t have enough time.” More and more, when I hear this common explanation for why something didn’t get done,…
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Blog: Why All Great Marketing Contains the Power of the Placebo Effect from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
Back in the 1950s, a bedridden man faced certain death from cancer of the lymph nodes. Tumors the size of…
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Roald Dahl on inner beauty in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months ago
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like […]
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Publishers should tell the bloggers in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months ago
I have had a hard time getting publishers (especially the bigger ones) interested in advertising at me. I’m not sure if the larger publishers just don’t bother with press releases or if they look down on […]
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Blog: 15 Ways to Be a Wiser Content Marketer from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
It’s great to be smart. It’s wonderful to have clever strategies and tactics that help us do our work better….
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Blog: 5 Things Successful Content Marketers Do to Make Sure Their Work Gets Read from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
There’s a lot of content created every day — and most of it gains almost no attention. In 2015, Moz…
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Blog: 3 Powerful Strategies for Pain-Free Client Relationships from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 6 months ago
When you’re a freelancer, your clients impact everything. Who you choose to work with (and how you choose to work…
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Neil Gaiman on Mary Poppins in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months ago
Neil Gaiman’s view (and introduction to a book about) Mary Poppins.
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Aldous Huxley on facts in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months ago
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.Aldous Huxley