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Survey to Determine What Blog Content You Wanna Read

January 10, 2018 By Joan Curtis 3 Comments

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This new year let’s start with ideas for blog content, that you, the readers, want to read Click To Tweet I know many people read blogs and often never comment. That makes it hard for bloggers to know what people might enjoy reading. What kinds of blogs do you read and what content do you […]

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Filed Under: Blogging, For Readers, Survey Tagged With: Blogging, content, fiction, marketing, nonfiction, scams, survey, Writing

How to Come up with Fresh Blog Topics

October 23, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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I publish new blog posts twice a week. I’ve done that now for four years. Looking back, I see I often write about similar things. My audience is both writers and readers. Some of my posts are directed specifically to writers and others to readers. Some to both. As I examine what I write week […]

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Filed Under: Blogging, Thoughts on Creativity, Writing Tips Tagged With: Blogging, food, Laura Sapiro, What She Ate

No Time Like the Present? What Tense to Write in? #AuthorToolBoxBlogHop

September 20, 2017 By Joan Curtis 20 Comments

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All writers struggle with certain creative decisions. First, whose story are they telling? That leads to questions regarding point of view. Next, when is the story happening? In other words is it happening now or in the past or in the future? If we’re writing in the present time, do we write in the present […]

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Filed Under: Author Toolbox Blog Hop, Blogging, Fiction Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: #authortoolboxbloghop, A Man Called Ove, Clare Mackintosh, Fredrik Backman, I let you go, Just What kind of mother are you, past tense, Paula Daly, present tense, tense, writing tips

How Your Communication Affects Your Writing–#AuthorToolboxBlogHop

August 16, 2017 By Joan Curtis 25 Comments

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As my first post for the Author’s Toolbox Blog Hop, I wanted to talk about how communication affects our writing. As a communication’s coach, I find this topic quite interesting. Take a look at the other blogger’s posts  here. You’ll learn all kinds of tips and tools for writers. How well do you communicate? Some […]

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Filed Under: Author Toolbox Blog Hop, Blogging, Fiction Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: #authortoolboxbloghop, authors blog hop, communication style, extrovert, introvert, Longmire, Murder on Moonshine Hill, Netflix, nonverbal cues, Silver Global eBook Awards, Writing

What are your favorite writing blogs?

August 2, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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As part of my nomination for the Liebster Award in recognition of my blog posts, I must identify eleven other blogs that I like or that provide good writing content. I’m going to list my first six here and my hope (fingers crossed) you will provide me with some other ideas. There are many excellent […]

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Filed Under: Blogging, The Business of Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: Blogging, Daniela Uslan, Ink and Quills, Kill Zone, Liebster Award, Live Write Thrive, Tricia Goyer

8 Tips for Participating in a Blog Tour

July 4, 2016 By Joan Curtis 1 Comment

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One of the most important things you can do to get the word out about your book is a Blog Tour #bookmarketing Click To Tweet The more blogs that highlight your book, the better. Think about it. All blogs have a following. It may be a small following, but it consists of people you would […]

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Filed Under: Blog Appearances, Blogging, Book Promos, Marketing for Writers, The Business of Writing Tagged With: #blog tour, book marketing, writing tips

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