Blogging can be challenging at times, especially when feeling overwhelmed by keeping to a blog-posting schedule, building audience on social media, or learning new skills. That’s when finding a positive blogging role model proves helpful. Whether it be a favorite blog-to-book author, prolific blogger, or committed writing buddy, having someone to look up to, learn […]
The GPS Necessary to Get Your Writing and Blogging Career Back on Track
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 […]
7 Reasons Why You Don’t Blog Even When You Have the Time
Did you have more time to write blog posts during the COVID-19 pandemic? I heard a lot of bloggers say they didn’t write a word after the coronavirus forced them to stay home. Others, however, took advantage of the opportunity. They used the hours gained by not commuting every day or running errands, for example, […]
How to Make This The Year You Finally Start Blogging Consistently
How many years in a row have you resolved to blog consistently? Maybe you completed your blogged book and then lost interest in publishing posts on a schedule. Or perhaps you never managed to blog consistently enough to blog a book. Whatever the case, the fact is that you’ve not followed through on your resolution […]
10 Reasons You Want a Blog in Your Book Marketing Plan
Lots of people will tell you blogging is dead. They’ll also say a blog doesn’t build an audience for your book fast enough, so try social media instead. Or they’ll claim that blogging a book is no longer a valid way to create a platform or write a book. Overall, they’ll declare that blogging is […]
How to Increase Your Blogging Confidence with Greater Competence
When you feel confident in your writing ability, you know you can accomplish whatever you put your mind to doing—including starting a blog or completing a full-length blogged book. However, low confidence levels can prevent you from trying to create even a semblance of that success. There’s an easy way to raise your blogging confidence […]
10 Ways to Finally Get Your Blogging Mojo Back
Have you ever lost your writing mojo? You aren’t alone. And any blogger who has had this experience knows how difficult it is to publish posts when you are struggling to write. So, let’s agree that blogging mojo is pretty much the same as writing mojo since blogging is writing. But know this: You can […]
How Self-Integrity Increases Your Chance of Finishing a Blogged Book
Choosing to blog a book is a commitment made to yourself. You promise yourself that you will write your book manuscript in post-sized bits that you publish on your blog until you’ve completed at least 50 percent of your first draft. You also commit to continue blogging until you finish the manuscript (on or off […]
5 Seconds can Get You Blogging Even When You Don’t Feel Like It
I know you love blogging, but I bet you have days when you just don’t feel like writing, and so you don’t publish a post. After all, most bloggers have off days, right? Or maybe you keep telling yourself you’ll write but find reasons not to do so. All writers procrastinate sometimes, right? Off days […]
Don’t Believe these 4 Common Publishing Myths if You Want to Publish Successfully
You are a blogger with an idea for a book. Maybe you even want to blog a book, but you know nothing about the publishing industry or how to become a successful author. So you begin to research online. Maybe you take an online course or read a few books. At that point, you think […]