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Authors who’ve been using Mailchimp for their email newsletter might consider moving to Substack, as it offers several benefits—and it's ...
/ Email Newsletters, Guest Post
The Introvert’s Guide to Launching a Book
Unless you are Harper Lee, you are probably going to launch more than one book during your career. For the ...
Why Blog—From the Writer Who Said Goodbye to Blogging
Sometimes going back is going forward—especially if you refashion the old, sloughing off what became untenable. This is why I’m ...
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Note from Jane: Today's guest post is by publisher and author L.L. Barkat (@llbarkat). She has one of the most ...
On Being a Writer With Skin in the Game
There’s a part of me that is not completely comfortable talking about my writing: the best of it is highly ...
/ Creativity, Guest Post
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The internet and other technology keeps us on insanely high alert, ultimately producing an effect where we attend to everything ...
/ Creativity, Guest Post, Social Media
Should writers blog?
Author L.L. Barkat argues that writers who already have experience—as well as authors trying to promote themselves—should stop blogging ...
The Novelist by L.L. Barkat
Today's guest post is by poet and editor L.L. Barkat. You may remember her from an earlier guest post, You ...
/ Creativity, how-to guides, poetry
Rumors of Water
The following excerpt is from Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing by L.L. Barkat. I am opening a ...
/ Creativity, Guest Post