The Power of Podcasting: Four Reasons to Have an Author Podcast
It seems people are jumping on the podcasting bandwagon. They want to grow their audience and build their platform in order to sell their books (or whatever other product or service they have to...
View ArticleMy Experience With Podcasting
Last week I mentioned four benefits of having an author podcast to build our platform. The reasons are compelling. But before jumping in, we need to consider if podcasting makes sense for us. I was an...
View ArticleA Year in Review: The Top 10 Posts from Byline for 2015
As we migrate from 2015 to 2016 we pause to reflect on where we’ve been and then to look forward to where we’re going. First, here is our top 10 posts for 2015, revealing the best of this blog as …...
View ArticleHow I Became a Better Writer
There is no single path to becoming a better writer. Instead we have a myriad of options before us. Here are some of the opportunities I encountered on my writing journey: Write Columns: Early on I...
View ArticleShould You Use Video to Grow Your Platform?
Video may be the next step in connecting and engaging with an audience With advances in technology, and the power residing on every smartphone, it has never been easier to record a video and start a...
View ArticleHow to Always Know What to Write When it’s Time to Blog
Maintain an idea repository to jumpstart your creativity every time you sit down to write Each week I create several posts for my blogs. I also compose posts for others (content marketing). In...
View ArticleBlogging is a Basic Form of Self-Publishing
Blogging connects writers directly to readers with no middlemen, delays, or layers of isolation. At one time, not too long ago, most everyone decried self-publishing as second-rate, used only by the...
View ArticleWriting in Your Dreams
Tap into your subconscious to spur creativity and inspire great stories Last week I asked the question, “Do you dream of writing?” I talked about five fatal perspectives common to aspiring authors and...
View ArticleYour Turn: Tell Us About Your Website
Tell us about your website or blog and link to it As a new feature of this blog, Byline, we will end each month with a chance for you to complete the post by sharing about yourself, your writing, or …...
View ArticleWhat to Do When You Hit the Wall
When our carefully constructed world of work comes crashing down, follow these steps to reconstruct it Writers are often amazed at the amount of writing I do on a daily and weekly basis. They ask how I...
View Article5 Benefits of Blogging
Generating blog posts helps writers grow in the craft of writing and publishing content I’ve been blogging since 2008 and have written over 1,600 posts for my blogs. That’s close to a half a million...
View ArticleWriters Must Balance Education with Experience
Wordsmiths need both knowledge and a growing word count to achieve writing success I’ve run into writers who work in a vacuum. Committed to writing all they do is write, but they don’t study the craft....
View ArticleYour Turn: What Writing Blogs Do You Read?
Writers can learn a lot by reading the posts of authors, agents, and publishers While it’s fun to follow my friends’ blogs (and there are more than I have time to read), I learn about writing and the...
View ArticleTop Ten Posts about Writing for 2016
Read the ten most popular writing posts on Byline for the past year As we turn the calendar from 2016 to 2017, we mark the passing of another year and with it another fifty-two weeks of blog posts here...
View ArticleIs Writing Fun?
With some creativity and planning, authors can hang onto their joy of writing Some writers hate to write, but their love of completing a book spurs them on. I understand the ecstasy of a job that’s...
View ArticleYou May Be One Blog Post Away From a Book Deal
An online friend wrote a blog post that went viral. It elicited emotion. Passionate comments spewed forth in support and opposition. Because of the firestorm his post created, a publisher offered him a...
View ArticleA Year in Review: The Top 10 Posts from Byline for 2015
As we migrate from 2015 to 2016 we pause to reflect on where we’ve been and then to look forward to where we’re going. First, here is our top 10 posts for 2015, revealing the best of this blog as voted...
View ArticleHow I Became a Better Writer
There is no single path to becoming a better writer. Instead we have a myriad of options before us. Here are some of the opportunities I encountered on my writing journey: Write Columns: Early on I...
View ArticleHow to Always Know What to Write When it’s Time to Blog
Maintain an idea repository to jumpstart your creativity every time you sit down to write Each week I create several posts for my blogs. I also compose posts for others (content marketing). In...
View ArticleWriting in Your Dreams
Tap into your subconscious to spur creativity and inspire great stories Last week I asked the question, “Do you dream of writing?” I talked about five fatal perspectives common to aspiring authors and...
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