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Recommended online tools for authors and writers

If you google “online tools for writers” you’re bound to experience some overwhelm. Here are some favorite writing tools I frequently recommend for your website, social media, and brand. Author Website The point of your website: To show you’re a real legitimate person A place where readers (and publishers, agents, employers, etc) can learn about you after hearing about you elsewhere. To be a step in the process of a reader hearing about you, researching you, and eventually buying your book. That’s right. It’s a step in the process of showing your book to readers. Very few, if any readers will click on and purchase …

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5 ways to leverage your new writer status

While cleaning the basement, I came across the remnants of a college writing project: a Dan Brown-esque story–minus the skill–about a cult and lost books of the Torah. I bet I had some grand plans for that thing. At the time I was so new I didn’t know how badly I needed new writer tips. What a gift! To not only not know exactly how far there is to go, but to not-know you’ll never really arrive. It’s just one example of why being new is so freaking awesome! If being new is so great, then why is it so …

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Using Pinterest to share your writing: does it work?

Have you wondered if it’s possible for you to successfully leverage Pinterest to share your writing? I did! In my last post, I shared the process of waking up a dead Pinterest account and doing all the things to drive traffic. Today I’ll share how my efforts are going today and what I’ve learned about the best uses for Pinterest and content creators. working pinterest I used to think Pinterest was all recipes and DIY tiny-houses made from popsicle sticks. I didn’t realize how much great information and potential there was! When I started playing with Pinterest in early January, …

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The Business of Content Creation

When I was a kid, the calling of author seemed a sacred pursuit. Here’s what I thought happened: writers would be be picked, plucked out of obscurity, and granted a contract that assured their success. Then, free from the worries of the world, they could sit in a dark room in a remote cabin and craft their next masterpiece in beautiful solitude. And when they emerged, hordes of eager fans would wait, wallets open. Clearly, that’s not the state of publishing today. Writers waiting to be picked may wait forever, and unless you’re an accidentally celebrity no one will find …

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Strava fitness + freshness vc TrainingPeaks PMC

This week’s question of the week comes from Carol Gsell who asks the following question: For those who have premium accounts in both, have you compared TP fitness & fatigue #s to those now offered in Strava Premium? Are they fairly similar or way off…? Just wondering if the (less expensive) Strava F&F are a decent proxy for TP. Thanks! What’s Similar Strava vs. PMC The Training Peaks Performance Management Chart and the Strava Fitness & Freshness Calculation are based off the same research. The terms used by TP such as TSS, CTL, etc are proprietary, thus similar terms are called something different by TP and …

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9 exercise motivation tips you haven’t heard before

Confession: I am sorely in need of some exercise motivation tips. How about you? We all start the year with good intentions when it comes to exercise motivation tips. But then, other things that need our attention, work that won’t do itself, and little people that need us. Plus the fact that when it comes down to it, you may want to want to exercise instead of, like, actually wanting to exercise. Am I right? Heck, as I write this post I’m actively avoiding going for a run. We’ve all heard general advice like work out early in the morning, …