Hi all! Just wanted to do this update since there was something not quite clear in the original post. The Wordpreneur Peeps book as a product for sale on Amazon, or anywhere else for that matter? That’s dead. Because… a. Since the world is obviously populated with prissy jerks, the prudent thing to do would […]
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Arlington, Va. — How does it feel to be bullied? Indie author Eldon Sarte can probably tell you. It seems there are two bullies trying to have their way with him right now — a bestselling author Sarte calls “The Princess Bully” and the giant Amazon.com itself. And, of course, Sarte claims he’s done nothing […]
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Yesterday, for its 10th anniversary, Facebook gave us users a wonderful gift: a short, slightly over a minute long video “slideshow” retrospective of our personal Facebook history, generated from our profile pictures, most-favorited posts and other photos. Well, I loved mine anyway — got a bit teary-eyed. Which meant I wanted to download a copy […]
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Although writing was in his heart from an early age, like most everyone else he did what was expected of him: He embarked on a sensible career. In Ben’s case, that sensible and responsible path was advertising. How did that work out? As it was described it on his site: “Throughout his rewarding and fruitful […]
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Jeff Wheeler is upstanding American citizen “normal” — he works for Intel Corporation, resides in Rocklin, California, with his family (five kids!) and a leader of his local church. But when he isn’t listening to audiobooks during his commute, he says he’s “dreaming up new stories to write.” You see, on Wednesday nights from 7-10pm, […]
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Continuing on with the “your name” domain author website must-have… As I pointed out in the previous post of this series, there are some real benefits to having a domain name with your name in it, like my eldonsarte.com. Ideally, and in my opinion the best option for author purposes, is to have: a .com […]
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Bette Lee Crosby studied art and set out on a packaging designer career. One day, she was asked to write a few lines of copy for the back of a pantyhose package. Bette Lee “discovered a love for words that was irrepressible.” So, she added business writing to her list of duties. A few years […]
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This list from TechCrunch is my favorite, so far, among all the similar “best of” lists I’ve read to date (translation: I learned more new potentially useful apps with this one than with the others that seem to be populated with the same old). I’ll continue to share any other good ones I come across. […]
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