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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Putting Your Work Through the Mill: The Submissions Grinder
As a follow-up to Sylvia’s guest post about Submitomancy, I asked David Steffen, who’s working on a similar project for a Duotrope replacement, to write about his Submissions Grinder. Here’s David:
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Tagged anthony sullivan, david steffen, diabolical plots, submissions, submissions grinder, submitomancy
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Submitting with Submitomancy
Recently, Duotrope’s announcement that it was going paid caused some stir among speculative fiction writers. One of the results has been to create some new alternatives. I asked Sylvia Wrigley to guest post about her new system, Submitomancy.
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Tagged duotrope replacements, submissions, submitomancy, superheroes, sylvia spruck wrigley
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Class Notes: The Art of the Book Review
The first session of this class went well! Nisi Shawl was a terrific guest speaker.
In talking about reviews, we talked about good reviews and what they do. Here’s the notes from that. Continue reading
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Tagged art of the book review, book review, nisi shawl, online workshops, writing book reviews
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Creating an Online Presence for Your Group: Some Basic Steps
Trying to set up an online presence for your group or organization? Here’s some basics to think about.
One: Include a blog on your website that has new content on a regular basis.
This first step is key to a better social media presence, because it influences your search engine rankings. Better search engine rankings draw more traffic to your site, as do good keywords, and if your blog features information about the group, it’s pretty much guaranteed to have the appropriate keywords.
Establish realistic criteria for “regular”: daily? weekly? biweekly? What can you actually expect to do?
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Tagged blogging, facebook, online presence, pinterest, social media for writers, social networks, twitter, youtube
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