One way to shore up your platform as a write is by using video. Here is one way a writer, Carrie Charley Brown, used what she learned in Video Idiot Boot Camp to create a video for her site to promote it, and…
There are so many fun activities that we can do with our children to get them excited about books and the world of reading. When kids are having fun, it is so much easier to draw them into something -…
Ned Vizzini made me cry twice, the second time was today, when I read that he'd died at the young age of 32. That he was in such pain that he felt there was no other way out breaks my…
Take a hint from Tara Lazar at TaraLazar.com - she is very good at this! One thing to remember when marketing yourself is to help others. Tara did this in a stellar way in her Gifts for Writers blog post. I show…