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February 24, 2015 by Nina Amir 9 Comments

How to Blog Faster: Tips From Six Experts

One of the biggest complaints I hear from writers, authors and bloggers is this: Blogging takes too long. Sometimes writing and publishing a post can take a long time…but blogging doesn’t have to be a time-consuming process. You can blog faster. That said, some successful bloggers choose to spend more time on their posts—and with […]

February 17, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Tsh Oxenreider on Going from Blog to Book: Organized Simplicity

Tsh Oxenreider blogs about intentional, simple living, which covers a myriad of topics. However, she focuses specifically on “parents of children at home who crave less crazy, more peace, and joy in the little things.” SimpleMom. net, her flagship site, covers topics like productivity, taking care of yourself, DIY ideas, green and frugal living, and […]

February 12, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

A Blogged Book Has to Be Greater than the Sum of Its Posts

What could be an easier process to write a new book than to go to my Memoir Writers’ Blog, pullout some articles on the same topic, and put them together? After all, I had read How To Blog Your Book by Nina Amir, a helpful book that inspired and guided me in the composition of […]

February 10, 2015 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

8 Ways to Turn Your Blog Into a Content Marketing Machine

Most writers realize their blog offers a phenomenal tool for building author’s platform and for promoting a book once it’s been published. However, you may not realize the variety of ways in which you can actually put your blog to use to create a loyal fan base, sell more books and produce more useable content—even […]

February 5, 2015 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

7 Ways to Mine Blog Posts into Publishable Gold

Most bloggers simply blog. Day in and day out, they write their posts and publish them in Cyberspace. They produce a lot of content, but as one post after another pile up in front of the last, the older ones get lost in a deep dark blog hole. There they remain. If you are like […]

February 3, 2015 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

7 Tips for Turning Your Blog into a Book

As the blog-to-book trend continues on its upward curve, more and more bloggers see their blogs as gold mines filled with nuggets of content waiting to be extracted, refined and cast into books. Writers, on the other hand, historically have balked at becoming bloggers. Many aspiring and published authors turn to blogging simply because this […]

January 29, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

3 Mistakes to Avoid for a Successful Book-Blogging Venture

When I created this site and began blogging my book, I became a guinea pig. I had not seen my idea put into action by anyone else, but I felt sure it would work. I was the test subject. As such, I learned from my mistakes, but you don’t have to do that. You can […]

January 27, 2015 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

Plan Your Book Content to Write Quickly and Easily

An ongoing debate exists in the writing world about whether or not to plan out a book prior to typing that first word. The “mappers” or “planners” say, “Plan it out! It’s more effective!” The “pantsers,” on the other hand, say, “Write by the seat of your pants! It’s more creative.” I tend to be a […]