Book Review Blogging: The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain

How can a book review blog help you promote your writing? Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? When I started my book review blog in June of 2007, I didn’t plan to use it for anything other than sharing my thoughts about … Continue reading

My Conference Wish List: How to Choose?

Have you attended a writers conference this year? I’m checking out fall conferences that might fit my finances and my schedule. These three conferences are on my wish list. It’s hard to choose, but I use these criteria in making … Continue reading

Help! Conference Workshops Survey

Readers, I need your opinion. I’m preparing workshop proposals for a writers conference next year. Here’s a list of the workshops I’m working on: A Business Approach to Marketing Your Work Turning Your Journal Entries into Saleable Articles Social Networking … Continue reading

Summer Link Harvest

Summer is the time when fresh fruit is plentiful. This week, I’ve harvested the fruit of other writers’ labor to share with you. Below, I’m sharing links to several articles I’ve found both interesting and useful. 5 Free E-Books Every … Continue reading

Kentucky Conference: Workshops and More

  Kentucky Christian Writers Conference founders and attendees celebrated its fifteenth anniversary June 24-25, 2011, at College Heights United Methodist Church in Elizabethtown, KY. Conference offerings included Cecil Murphey, keynote speaker, numerous workshops, and private faculty appointments. I attended two … Continue reading

Kentucky Conference: Better Than Handouts

Last weekend, I attended Kentucky Christian Writers Conference in Elizabethtown, KY. I realize that I am fortunate to be close enough to such a conference and to be able to afford to attend. If you want to write for publication … Continue reading

Spring Link Roundup

Last winter, I bookmarked several articles that I wanted to share with Blog4Writers subscribers. I’m spring cleaning my bookmarks, so I’m sharing these great links with you this week. Many of you are interested in using social networks to promote … Continue reading

Free or Premium: That Is the Question

FREE-–it’s the one word that gets everyone’s attention. Writers, like everyone else, love to use blogs, websites, backup services, and a host of other free-on-the-Web products. Some of them are truly free, while others are free for a limited time … Continue reading

Build-Your-Own-Conference Update

Monday, April 11, 2011 Planning for 2011, I realized I would not be able to get away for conferences this year, so I decided to build my own. Today, I want to share with you some of the resources I’ve … Continue reading

Build Your Own Writers Conference

Would you like to attend a writers’ conference—but you can’t get away or don’t have the money? I’m in that situation myself this year, and here’s what I’m going to do about it. I’m putting together my own personal conference. … Continue reading