Sentences with phrase «author comes to a blog»

The author comes to a blog and either does a guest post or the blogger posts a review.

Not exact matches

In fact, Gates and his wife enjoyed both books so much they even invited the author to come discuss his work with them, posting the conversation to their blog.

Another top tip to beat your laziness comes from super productive professor and author Cal Newport via blog Barking up the Wrong Tree.

It comes from author Jen Hatmaker's blog and Facebook page, where readers regularly chime in to share affirmations, funny anecdotes, and helpful parenting tips.

I've come to know her as a kind and generous woman, a heck of a mom, a marathon runner, a fantastic cook, and a very busy author... she's writes a blog with her lovely daughters Sharon and Maggy called Three Many Cooks, and she's written seven cookbooks.

Maryann Jacobsen, MS, RD, Author and blogger over at Raise Healthy Eaters wrote a fantastic blog post about how powerful the words «you don't have to eat» are when it comes to picky eaters.

There are a ton of tips out there about building blog traffic, but the best advice seems to come down to this: define your niche, post good content, post frequently, pitch your articles to other sites if you think the authors might be interested (but don't overdo it), and look for other sites that might run your articles with a link back to your main site.

The only top - level female bloggers in the general progressive political space who come to mind right away are Jane Hamsher and Digby — and apparently, when it was revealed that Digby is actually a woman, plenty of lefty blog readers and authors were startled.

Jill Ciciarelli is the author of Fermented: A Four Season Approach to Paleo Probiotic Foods and founder of the health blog First Comes Health.

Today a fun day awaits, as Stacey Bewkes from the video series & blog Quintessence along with author Susanna Salk are coming to Hawthorne to film a segment for an upcoming video as well as photograph the house.

York & Kendal, United Kingdom About Blog Reading, reviewing and collecting all modern children's books... from J.K Rowling to Philip Pullman, as well as up and coming authors.

New Jersey (not Joisey) About Blog Author of THE MONSTORE (2013), I THOUGHT THIS WAS A BEAR BOOK (2015), NORMAL NORMAN (2015) and LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD (2015)... plus many more to come!

Literally an out of this world experience, the Ridley Scott directed The Martian came a long way from its start as a blog by author Andy Weir to having Matt Damon on board and a global box office success of more than $ 570 million.

Based on the increasingly popular idea that the majority of the reading public will not only recognize good content but also feel compelled to compensate writers for it in a voluntary way, Blookist lets authors start a «blook» (blog + book) and add to it, chapter by chapter, while selling those chapters to donors who come to the site for content.

Now I recommend that authors have both and if it came down to choosing, I'd go with a blog.

I mean, sure they'll publish a book about prayer if the author has the credentials, platform, and, preferably, thousands of church members to help catapult sales, but if a simple living recipe book about losing weight and saving your marriage while decluttering your home and raising happy kids came along by a Christian author with a huge cooking blog platform, they won't say no.

Michele DeFilippo presents POD: Why Authors Should Handle Their Print - on - Demand posted at BookWorks Blog, saying, «When it comes to POD, Michele DeFilippo of 1106 Design makes the case for authors to setup / manage their own print - on - demand rather than as part of a self - publishing company package.Authors Should Handle Their Print - on - Demand posted at BookWorks Blog, saying, «When it comes to POD, Michele DeFilippo of 1106 Design makes the case for authors to setup / manage their own print - on - demand rather than as part of a self - publishing company package.authors to setup / manage their own print - on - demand rather than as part of a self - publishing company package.»

Winning the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year award comes with a number of perks, including extra exposure throughout social media (such as blog postings exactly like this), the option of adding a permanent «Best Book of the Year» graphic emblem on the book itself, and of course the $ 1500 Grand Prize added to his author account at Outskirts Press.

I'm already an international author (my first self - published book came out in 2002) and I've published 2,000 - 3,000 blog posts from two prior online magazines I used to own.

«Basically a blog tour is the same idea as a book signing tour where the author traditionally, in the old - fashioned style, would go to book stores or libraries or other venues, and people would come and buy the book and the author would sign it or the author would read a little bit.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

6 min readIf you're reading this blog it's likely you're either already a published author or aspire to be one (and nobody can make that dream come true faster than Lulu!).

Finally Barb of Bakerview Consulting came to my rescue and said what I'd suspected all along «an author blog should not be monetized.»

I don't read ebooks out of personal choice (nothing against them, I'm just in love with books as objects) but when I read a blog and the author has a book coming up, I more likely to check it our if the cover is pleasing, daring, etc

In a guest blog post for BookPage, the author describes the night a game warden first came to his rescue and how the experience has haunted him ever since.

When it comes to dealing with book bloggers many have made choices to reduce the number of requests and often this has nothing to do with the author who happens upon their blog, yet many times I've seen authors take it personally like the blogger was against them.

Too few authors realize that writing that engaging blog post is only a job halfway done when it comes to making sure it's seen by potential readers.

A blog tour allows an author to «appear» on multiple book blogs in a span of 1 to 4 weeks to promote an up - and - coming book.

Most authors know that approaching bloggers to review their new book is a great way to drum up some free publicity that gives their book a word - of - mouth popularity, but when it comes to approaching blog authors, their emails can be very hit and miss.

This week social media guru diva Kristen Lamb devoted a whole week of blogposts to explaining the reasons why «blogs are probably THE BEST use of an author's time when it comes to building an author platform using social media.»

As I'm out at some busy events this weekend and Michelle has just come back from a retreat, I've asked David Estes to post today in response to an appalling blog article from an indie author, telling book bloggers that we were «doing ourselves a disservice» not reviewing indie.

If you are an author looking for ideas for blog posts (or if you've run out of blog post ideas), you have come to the right place.

Hi Roland I came to your blog from a post on «Helping Writers Become Authors» I was intrigued by your myth - inspired collection of shorts.

We're looking to help our author community with the questions that they may have when it comes to blog tours.

In truth, the internet, ebooks, podcasts and blogs have given authors a royal road to their readers, though the clamour is still for traditional publishing, with the work coming out under a prestigious name, and glowing reviews to follow.

I'd like to also recommend author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's fine blog, «The Business Rusch,» which has weekly and exhaustive posts on every aspect of both traditional as well as Indie and self - publishing, and is the single most useful resource I've come across (sample post: http://kriswrites.com/2012/08/29/the-business-rusch-a-warning-to-all-writers-who-need-help-indie-publishing/)

And when it comes to reinforcing your author branding it also doesn't just mean your books themselves, this should also include your social media, your blogs, other things that potential readers might see.

He shares an additional example of connecting with fellow author Julie Strauss, his enjoyment and learnings from reading her novels and blog articles and the benefits to his writing and personal life that came from a few chance encounters that a friendship grew out of.

Mark Coker, c.e.o. of Smashwords, said: «Authors simply answer a series of questions, or create their own questions, and then click publish... The idea for this feature came to me last year when we were running a series of author interviews here on the Smashwords blog.

A recent issue of Poets & Writer magazine had an article about an author who spent $ 10,000 to self publish her own book, and coordinated with many people over the Internet to come out with blogs and reviews of her book on the release date.

My third book, Captivate Your Readers, comes out on Saturday, but I've been too busy with final revisions to arrange much, although I did organize a 15 - book giveaway of writing guides by various authors on my blog (which ends Sat.)

If you're unsure of what to blog about, consider writing about your top ten favorite mystery novels, why you love a specific author, an exclusive interview with an up - and - coming writer, or what inspired you to become a writer.

But aspiring ghostwriters should also understand that being paid to write under someone else's name is very different than authoring your own book or even writing a magazine article or blog post from an idea you came up with.

Although I don't do much to promote my books, when I have a new one coming out, I try and do a few interviews and guest blog posts so that I can tweet these out for my followers and add them to my Facebook author page.

Typically, you want to begin building your author platform at least six months before your first book even comes out — start your blog, comment on others» blogs, set up a newsletter, and grow your presence online and in readers» circles like Wattpad by posting excerpts of your work.

Get social — It is essential that authors use their own networks (blog / website) to promote their book, as that is where most sales come from.

York & Kendal, United Kingdom About Blog Reading, reviewing and collecting all modern children's books... from J.K Rowling to Philip Pullman, as well as up and coming authors.

Since starting my review blog, I've been amazed to realize that when interesting questions like those posed by Jacqueline come up, the answers for me are usually the same as the answers a self - published author would (or at least should in my opinion) give if presented with the same basic question.

Sure, I have all the obvious tabs: Author bio, appearances, book news, links to blogs, excerpts / readings and «what's new», but what I really need is to focus on what additional elements that truly add value to my readers (and yes, I also know I need to update my news / appearances too...) As a reader I know I enjoy websites that are beautifully designed, visually appealing, easy to read (no weird fonts or jarring colors) and which offer lots of value added information that keep me coming back.

I ran across this blog by the author Kristen Lamb: PAY THE WRITER while reading this article by Rachel Kramer Bussel in Salon magazine: Don't feel guilty It will come as no surprise to anyone who knows me or who... Continue reading →...