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- June Class Registration Opening
I’m ready to take registrations for the June class now, which meets Saturdays, 9:30 am-11 or 11:30 PST, June 9, 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21 (six sessions total). Cost is $249, payable via Paypal. Please drop me a line if you’ve got questions. Continue reading →
- Teaser from Fairypunk Sleeping Beauty Story, “Seven Clockwork Angels, All Dancing”
I was pleased to be asked to participate in the very cool Fairypunk Stories project. Here’s a teaser from the version of Sleeping Beauty, “Seven Clockwork Angels, All Dancing,” that I just sent off. Continue reading →
- Blogging and Social Networking 101 Resources
This is a dauntingly long list of links, I know. It’s my handout for the Blogging and Social Networking 101 class, which is finishing up tomorrow, but I’ve added the links that I’ll be talking about in class while walking people through the basics of using social networks, Google Analytics, and some other blogging resources. Continue reading →
- Keeping Track of Social Media – for the Blogging 101 Class
One of the things I really find interesting about the class is that social media changes so rapidly that every time I teach it, I have to add new information. For example, last time I taught, no one had heard of Pinterest, so I’m adding a new section about it and how to use it. One of the questions that often comes up in the Blogging class is where I get my news and information about social media. This list provides the ones I’ve found most useful. Continue reading →
- StumbleUpon Resources (For the Spring 2012 Blogging Class)
I’ll be posting several pieces over the next week with information gathered for the Bellevue College blogging class, whose second session takes place this Saturday. I teach\an online class for writers interested in building an online presence; the next one is July 23, 2012.
In this Saturday’s class, we’ll be talking about social networking and social bookmarking, which are two related but different concepts. Social bookmarking sites include Delicious, Digg, and Reddit along with the largest one of them all: StumbleUpon. Here I talk about what StumbleUpon is, why you might be interested in it, how to use it effectively to drive traffic, and what to watch out for. Continue reading →
- How Writers Can Use Pinterest
I’m prepping for this weekend’s class on Blogging and Social Networks and, as always, there’s lots of new stuff that I need to fold into my existing notes. Pinterest is a big one — it’s become a big deal since last time I taught the class and so I need to talk about it. So what is it and why might writers want to use it? Continue reading →
- First Pages Workshop This Sunday
This Sunday Louise Marley and I are doing our online First Pages workshop again. You give us the first 500 words of your novel and we will talk about what’s getting set up for the book, what you might want to watch for, what you’re promising (or not promising) your readers, world-building and how important it is in that first section, marketing, titling, advice on agents and sending the manuscript out, and a scad of other things. It’s a workshop that participants come away from feeling charged and ready and with pages of notes about things to do. Continue reading →
- Thoughts on the Cons and Pros of Cons and Pros (pre Norwescon)
Conventions — are they worth it? A little legwork can help make your experience more productive, and sometimes more fun. Continue reading →
- June Class Registration Opening
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