Given the highly competitive nature of the publishing industry, it’s easy to focus on what to write and blog, so your work gets published, rather than on what you really want to write or blog about. But that’s a surefire way to get off track. And when your blogging career takes a detour, you lose […]
Get Out of Your Blogging Funk by Making Writing Posts Fun Again
Have you found yourself in a blogging funk? You don’t have blogger’s block, but writing posts feels hard, unpleasant, and a “should” on your to-do list. What’s up with that? After all, you love blogging and dream of publishing your work not just on your website but in books, right? Yet, you just can’t get […]
3 Steps to Help Readers Navigate Your Books from Start to Finish
Your readers may not read every post related to your blogged book. And they may not read each chapter in order online or in the print or ebook version. With these facts in mind, today Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) offers tips on how to write a book that keeps people reading from post to post, page […]
How to Cure Your Blogger’s Block with Personal and Spiritual Growth
It’s a rare writer who doesn’t have strong spiritual beliefs. I don’t mean beliefs related to a specific religion but those involving the Creator—call it God, Source, the Universe, or something else—playing an essential part in their writing process. That’s why I find it so interesting that bloggers who complain of blogger’s block don’t immediately […]
Why It’s Essential to Consider Learning Styles when Writing Your Self-Help Book
Not everyone learns…or reads…the same way. That’s why you have to consider your readers’ learning styles when you write or blog a book—especially if it is a self-help book. Today Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) explains how you can focus on your readers’ learning preferences as you write or edit. Self-help books are powerful tools. According to […]
7 Effective Ways to Use Book Content on Your Blog
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, “How can I use my book content on my blog?” In fact, you don’t have to blog your book to use the content or subject matter in posts. And many people don’t want to blog a book. They do, however, want to promote and build […]
Creating a Plan for More Effective Blogging
As a writer, you may worry that, if you begin blogging, you will run out of material. You may think you have little to say to help promote your work. If you blog your book, of course, the manuscript provides the content for your blog posts—at least until you finish the book. Once you finish […]
5 Quick Tips for Consistently Improving Blog Post Engagement
Engaging your readers attention on a consistent basis can seem tough. But on some days, bloggers also struggle to engage themselves enough to write yet-another post. So how do you and your readers stay engaged in your content? Write better blog posts. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) offers five tips to help you improve reader engagement […]
6 Ways to Supplement Your Blog-a-Book Content
Blogging a book is exciting and interesting…most of the time. But you need a strategy for the days when you don’t feel motivated to work on your blog-a-book project. Today, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) offers six blog post options you can use instead of a post for your blogged book. Before you blog your book, you […]
One Way to Quickly Improve Your Writing
Writing and editing are two different things, but the latter can be the key to producing well-written blog posts and blogged book manuscripts. Today writing teacher and New York Times bestselling author Jerry Jenkins (@JerryBJenkins) offers advice on self-editing. Want to immediately improve your writing? It’s not a matter of studying a specific technique, learning […]
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