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Do you want to share your writing with a bigger audience? Do you want new readers for your book or your blog? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then you might want to try writing for Medium (medium.com). I decided to try writing for Medium, once per week,...

Who is your favorite writer? Sometimes writing feels like a mysterious process. Lucky for us, many writers have offered clues, advice, humor and other reflections about sharing their work. Here are 11 quotes, ranging from thoughtful to funny, from famous writers....

Sometimes, a New Year’s resolution should not be about you, if you’re a writer. Think about it. Why do you want to write? It’s probably because you want people to read your work. Is your goal to get more readers and/or more writing clients next year? If so, you need...

If you love this holiday season, then Christmas songs are probably one of the top reasons why this is your favorite time of year. Most Christmas songs are joyful and some are just silly. But there is a special group of Christmas songs with great messages about the...

How do you deal with surprises? It’s hard enough to write regularly, be productive and meet deadlines. It’s even worse when an unexpected event happens. I recently dealt with my own series of unexpected events when my car almost overheated. Fortunately, I was less...

Do you use the internet? There’s a decent chance that bad changes hurting your writing career, your blog/website, your social media, your online shopping and anything else you do online, could happen soon. You might have heard the words “net neutrality” in the news...

I recently wrote a short list of the worst questions to ask a writer. You can check out that list here and here. Let’s focus on the positive this time around and discuss what questions writers want, and even love, to hear. 1. "Why do you love being a writer?" This...