Anne R. Allen's Blog: Why Social Media is Still Your Best Path to Book V...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Why Social Media is Still Your Best Path to Book V...: by Anne R. Allen A lot of marketing gurus are advising authors to cut back on blogging and social media and go back to the email mar...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: What Happens to Your Blog when You Die? Why You Ne...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: What Happens to Your Blog when You Die? Why You Ne...: by Anne R. Allen O ne of my blogger friends died last week. Ann was a regular commenter here from the beginning and often gave me sugges...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Public Shaming, Cyberbullies, and the Hive Mind: F...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Public Shaming, Cyberbullies, and the Hive Mind: F...: by Anne R. Allen L ots has been written about the pain caused by online bullying of children and teens—and that stuff is horrific—but w...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: 11 Tips For The Care And Feeding Of Your Muse: A W...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: 11 Tips For The Care And Feeding Of Your Muse: A W...: by Ruth Harris T he muse (also referred to as intuition, instinct, the subconscious, a superpower, the Spidey sense) is generally a frien...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Paid Reviews: Why Authors Should NEVER Buy Amazon ...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Paid Reviews: Why Authors Should NEVER Buy Amazon ...: by Anne R. Allen Last month the Seattle Times reported that Amazon is suing a bunch of paid review mills. Unfortunately, many paid re...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How NOT To Win A Writing Contest: 7 Deadly Story S...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How NOT To Win A Writing Contest: 7 Deadly Story S...: by Dr. John Yeoman Have you ever entered a short story contest and failed to win? And wondered why? You may have made one or more of ...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Guarantee Rejection: Top 10 Ways Writers S...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Guarantee Rejection: Top 10 Ways Writers S...: by Anne R. Allen H aving a popular blog has helped me feel a lot of empathy with agents and publishers. That's because Ruth and I get...

Numbers #5, 4, and 3 are especially true here regarding book reviews.

The 10 Commandments of Highly Productive Professional Writers

The 10 Commandments of Highly Productive Professional Writers

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How NOT to Sell Books: Top 10 Social Media Marketi...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How NOT to Sell Books: Top 10 Social Media Marketi...: by Anne R. Allen L et's face it. Authors do a lot of obnoxious things online in the name of "marketing." I think that's...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Write a Prize-Worthy Short Story: A Step-by...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: How to Write a Prize-Worthy Short Story: A Step-by...: by Editor Jodie Renner W riting short stories is a great way to test the waters of fiction without making a huge commitment, or to experi...

Via Anne R. Allen's Blog: Artistic Freedom vs. Crowdsourcing, Censorship, and the Dunning-Kruger Effect

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Artistic Freedom vs. Crowdsourcing, Censorship, an...: by Anne R. Allen Ruth and I often get requests to censor our posts when a word or link or piece of news has offended somebody. We usuall...

Via Anne R. Allen's Blog: Why the Self-Published Ebook is No Longer the "New...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Why the Self-Published Ebook is No Longer the "New...: by Anne R. Allen A few years ago, soon after the debut of the Kindle e-reader, the world was buzzing with talk of self-published &quot...

Via Anne R. Allen's Blog: 8 Bogus "Rules" New Writers Tell Each Other

Anne R. Allen's Blog: 8 Bogus "Rules" New Writers Tell Each Other: by Anne R. Allen W e get lots of questions from new writers who have spent time in forums and online writers' groups where they'v...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Feel Like Popping Your Editor? Keep Calm and Read ...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Feel Like Popping Your Editor? Keep Calm and Read ...: M ost writers know we require editors. The need for editing is drummed into us from the time we venture into our first writing class, blo...

Via Anne R. Allen's Blog: Do Authors Obsess Too Much About Book Reviews?

Anne R. Allen's Blog: Do Authors Obsess Too Much About Book Reviews?: by Anne R. Allen Whether we're newbies or superstars, traditional or self-publishers, pretty much all authors stress about reviews:...

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Anne R. Allen's Blog: Tweet THIS, Not That! 12 Things Not to do on Twitt...: T his Week Twitter rolled out its new "mute" function for mobile phones. Muting will soon be available on all devices including ...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: The New Golden Age of Short Fiction: 12 Reasons to...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: The New Golden Age of Short Fiction: 12 Reasons to...: by Anne R. Allen I recently heard from a writer who said she felt disrespected by her writing group. They were all working on novels and m...