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What Writers Really Want (Hint: Not Another Journal) It’s that time of year when shopping is at the top of our minds (the holidays, not black Friday). Got a writer friend on your list? I realize we are a quirky bunch. To help out, I’ve culled some super fun ideas that you probably wouldn’t have […]

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Social media is here to stay, so you gotta figure it out. An author without a platform is doing themselves, and their readers, a disservice. But why listen to me when you can look at a bevy of social media stats from experts?

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Let’s say you’ve hit enter on the last word of your picture book (PB). Congratulations, you’re finished! Surprise! You’re not. I hate to say this, but as your friend you need to know it’s gonna take more work before your manuscript is finished and ready to be submitted anywhere. You aren’t quite ready to take […]

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Day 31 is when we check our progress! Let's check our current numbers against where we started. Did we meet our goals? Did we try?

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Day 29 of the 31 Day Author Platform Challenge...Today, make one clean (re)list of all the things still to be done.

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Let’s get friendly on Day 29. Time to share some of your go-to favorites in books, websites, webinars, conferences...whatever you consider crucial in your daily(ish) writing

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One Day 28, you're going to create a listicle today to share with your followers. Suggestions include topics like "10 Best Travel Books for Toddlers," "5 Favorite Bedtime Books with Elephants," "7 Ways to Strengthen Your Story Arc."

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Today, share your best piece of advice for your audience (is your audience writers? moms? YA readers? librarians?).

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What age range are you writing for? Pull up some old file,s or photo albums (remember them?) and find some old baby pix of yourself at that age.

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Today, Day 25 of 31 Day Author Platform Challenge, we're going back to your website and looking into "SEO" or "search engine optimization" which is a fancy way of saying "making sure your website has the right words for search engines to notice, so it pops up early in search results."

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