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Going the Distance: How Training for a Half Marathon Made Me a Better Content...
The running and writing connection is nothing new; novelists like Haruki Murakami have written entire books about how their running informs their fiction, and vice versa. But do content writers for...
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How to Sell Your NaNoWriMo Self-Published Novel without Amazon’s Assistance
NaNoWriMo may sound like a Mork and Mindy reference. Yet, unless you are writing a science fiction story set on the planet Ork, you’re short of luck. Short for National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo...
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Why You Should Work at a Library, Part Dos
For the first installment of Miranda B’s series, visit Why You Should Work at a Library, Part Uno. Libraries attract a diverse lot of folk. As my librarian friend Annabelle Wiley put it recently,...
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Writing and Music: Kindred Spirits in a Myriad of Ways
As I was writing recently, and listening to classical music in the background, I was reminded of the many connections between creative writing and music. Hard-working blog writer that I am, I took a...
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Smart Writing on Your Smartphone
As a writer, deadlines are a big part of everyday life. If you are like me, most of the time you are diligent about making sure you have everything turned in on time—especially if you are heading away...
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Clearing the Air: Nixing the Hidden Distractions You Haven’t Considered
As freelance content writers, we quickly realize that our efficiency in writing affects the hours we need to put in to maintain our desired pay out. It is painfully obvious that distractions slow our...
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Creating Visual Text
An apple is just an apple until you bring it to life with visual references. The deep red apple sat like a jewel surrounded by blazing orange tangerines. Her deep green scarf matched her emerald eyes...
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Heisenberg Law: More Than a Hat and Intimidation
Walter White in Breaking Bad. In the popular AMC TV series, Breaking Bad, Walter White goes from nervous newbie to hardcore artist. Walter White starts out as a high school chemistry teacher and (after...
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Does Parenting Make You a Better Writer?
I used to think I was a really good writer. That’s when I should have been worried. However, there was no reason to think otherwise. I had a bachelor’s degree in English from an accredited school, a...
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3 Ways to Get Into the Daily Writing Habit
Difficult to make yourself sit, or stand, and write days even if your bread and butter depends on it? Make writing a habit that you can maintain on those days you are focused on writing the Great...
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Superb Subheadings: How Blog Writers Can Tune Up Those Tiny Titles!
Subheadings, hyperlinks, and bullet points, oh my! These are the tools of the trade for busy blog writers looking to please clients with engaging, easy to digest content. Subheadings seem simple...
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Perfectionism: Your Creative Writing Technique’s Worst Enemy
The best creative writing technique is to give yourself permission to write BADLY. When you give yourself permission to fail, you give yourself permission to TRY. Since writing is rewriting, getting...
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