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Hope Writes Featured On WritingThoughts.com
Posted by Hope
What a nice surprise! Laura, over at WritingThoughts.com featured Hope Writes on her blog today. Thanks Laura!
If you haven’t discovered Writing Thoughts yet, it’s another great writing blog to add to your reading list. Check it out today: http://www.writingthoughts.com/
Popularity: 18% [?]
Linky Love Friday
Posted by Hope
After days and days of nice, pre-spring weather, Mother Nature has turned her back on us here in Louisiana. We started out around 51 at 6 AM and the temperature has steadily dropped all day long. Perfect weather for PJs, a bowl of my homemade Santa Fe soup, and a good book or movie!
It’s been a while since I shared some of my favorite links so I thought I’d take a moment to do so today. Hopefully you’ll see something new to you here that you can read and enjoy. Have a great weekend!
- A 20-Step Process For Finding Your 1,000 True Fans
- The Benefits of Keeping A Private Journal
- 10 Tips To Take Back Control of Your Health And Get On The Path To Wellness
- 31 Ways To Find Inspiration For Your Writing
- How To Create Valuable Content
- How To Write And Produce An eBook
- What Is My Worth?
- Ten Questions To Ask When You Are Offered A Writing Project
- How To Develop A Weekly Marketing Plan
- Write Just One Thing Today, and Write It Well (my fave)
Popularity: 24% [?]
Linky Love Friday, January 25th
Posted by Hope
(Each link opens in a new window/tab.) Here are my favorite reads this week. Enjoy!
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Linky Love Friday, January 18th
Posted by Hope
I’ve decided to make every Friday Linky Love day. I read lots of blogs and often find great tips or writing advice, but I rarely share them. So I decided to declare an official Linky Love day and start sharing some of this great stuff with you!
Here are this week’s links:
- Maria wrote a post called 20 Tips for Good Blogging. She’s got some great tips in there, so if you’re a new blogger, or want to beef up your blogging, go check out that one.
- Jennifer at Writing Forward started a challenge on January 10th, to see who can write an ebook in two weeks. Even though the challenge is nearly over, don’t let that stop you. Go check out her post, then get busy writing that ebook you’ve been talking about for so long!
- I found this next blog at the recommendation of ProBlogger on Twitter the other day. Scribbles & Words has a really good post on some of the best Word Press plugins to use on your blog. I love the title of the post: Turn Your Blog Into A Chocolaty Cake with WordPress Plugins.
- If your creativity level has been low, Mark Seall offers six great tips for more creative blogging. These are simple and fun ideas that will get your creative juices flowing again.
- Josh Spaulding is writing a series of posts on creating and marketing an ebook. You can click here for Part 1 of this series, then continue reading on his blog….GOOD STUFF!
Popularity: 70% [?]
Linky Love: Lessons for the Writer
Posted by Hope
It’s about time for some Linky Love here at Hope Writes. Today I thought I’d do a post about lessons for the writer and give you some terrific links that will help you polish your writing skills. (All links open in a new window.)
Jonathan Morrow talks about three writing lessons he learned in dog obedience school. I enjoyed reading this post and he offers some truly great tips on how to harness your muse.
If you’re a blogger, Chris G. offers his thoughts on how to generate post ideas when you’re stuck. There are ten hearty tips here that will get you unstuck in no time at all.
If you tend to procrastinate too much, go read 5 reasons you procrastinate and how to overcome them. If you can’t conquer procrastination after reading and applying these tips then you’re in trouble!
Deb, over at Freelance Writing Gigs, offers sage advice on how to clear up your end of the year loose ends. This is a must-read post for freelancers. If you are just getting started in your freelance career, you definitely should read this checklist.
Want to do some housekeeping? Collis Ta’eed shows you ten things you can do to improve your home office on a budget. If you don’t read Freelance Switch often, you’re missing out on a ton of wonderful information.
It’s that time of the year again when everyone thinks about their goals for the upcoming year. Jennifer Mattern set the bar high with her publishing goals for 2008.
Finally, Suzanne lists her top ten reasons for being a freelance writer.
If you love being a freelance writer, share one of your reasons why in the comments below.
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Linky Love: Boost Your Blog
Posted by Hope
We haven’t had a Linky Love post around here in a while, so I thought it was time for one. And boy, have I got some doozies for you today! First, let me just say that you should see the list of feeds I have on my Netvibes page. Being able to organize them into different categories just makes it even better (and easier) for me. If you read a lot of blogs and haven’t checked it out, go give it a try.
Now to the good stuff….
The blogs I want to share with you today contain so much information about writing and blogging that I’m not going to single out any post on them. If you’ve been wanting to take your blog to the next level, here’s your starting point. You don’t really need to buy books or pay for classes to teach you how to do it. Just take your time and work through these blogs and you’ll learn a ton of information.
NOTE: I want you to save (or bookmark) this list so you can work your way through it one blog at a time. I’m serious people, there’s great stuff inside these blogs (listed in no particular order; each link opens in a new window):
- ProBloggers Matrix
- I’d Rather Be Writing
- Dosh Dosh (A must-read if you don’t look at any of the others on this list)
- ProBlogger
- Caroline Middlebrook
- Skelliewag
- Blog News Watch (I just discovered this one, but looks great already!)
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Linky Love: The Power of Stumble Upon
Posted by Hope
It’s time for more linky love. This time, I chose a single site to share lots of in-depth linky love with you. You’re gonna love it!
I use Stumble Upon in a few different ways. One of which is to search for other websites/blogs that offer good info. While Stumbling sites a few days ago, I ran across one that has such a wealth of awesome self-improvement information that I couldn’t help but share with you here.
These are just a few of the best posts I’ve found. Check them out, but when you have time, I definitely recommend further perusal of Think Simple. Be Decisive.
Technorati Tags: self-improvement, linky love, stumble upon, social bookmarking, thinksimplenow
Popularity: 31% [?]
Linky Love
Posted by Hope
I have a busy day today, so I thought I’d send out some linky love. Enjoy!
- How To Gain Experience Without Writing For Peanuts I love Courtney’s creative titles
- Are You Blogging with Confident Feet? Very interesting concept about blogging with confidence
- Why Twitter Isn’t A Waste Of Time Good read if you’ve been wondering how to use Twitter to market yourself
- Twitter Pays My Rent More tips on how to use Twitter to your advantage
- How To Create A Scanned Signature Just what it says
- 5 Ways to Kill a Great Idea Fast! And How to Avoid Them! Simple, but oh so true!
- The Reluctant Expert Quick and simple research tips
Technorati Tags: linky love, writing tips, blogging tips, Twitter
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More Great Articles Online
Posted by Hope
I have a full plate today, so I thought I’d do some linky love to a few of my articles published elsewhere online. Here goes…
- Stress Busters: 10 Ways to Manage Stress
- Positive Attitude: Keeping A Positive Attitude Despite Problems
- 7 Ways to Love Yourself
- Why Writers Should Write and Submit to Article Directories
- Big Brother 8: The Devil and His Daughter Wins
- Finding Extra Time in a Busy Day: Check Out 5 Time-Saving Tips
Technorati Tags: articles, writing, Big Brother 8, Big Brother, save time, time-savers, stress, manage stress, positive attitude, article directories
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Writing Inspiration
Posted by Hope
I have a full day of work ahead of me today, so I thought I’d share some of my writing articles, as posted on EzineArticles.com. I hope you find something in these that will motivate, inspire or encourage you to keep up the good writing!
(All articles open in a new window so you won’t lose your place here.)
- Article Writing - Writing To The Christian Community
- Article Writing - The Easy Way to Write Articles
- Awesome Tip For Getting Article Ideas Super Fast
- 8 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Your Articles Approved ASAP
- Writing Ruts - What NOT to do When You Get Stuck
- Writing Ruts - What TO do When You Get Stuck
- Top 7 Topics People Love to Read About
- The 3 Stages To Writing Articles
- You Don’t Have to be an Expert to Write Good Articles
- Do You Make These Common Article Writing Mistakes?
- The Top 4 Reasons For Article Marketing
- Do You Recognize These Early Warning Signs of Writer’s Block?
- The Lazy Writer’s Way to Write More in Less Time
- How I Wrote 5 Articles in 5 Minutes Flat
- Write Snazzy Articles Like A Pro
- What Every Article Marketer Ought to Know About Writing Articles
- 7 Commandments of Writing Articles
- Easy Article Marketing - What is Your Purpose?
- Easy Article Marketing - Brand Yourself With Articles
Okay, those should keep you busy for a while. 
Have a great writing day!
Technorati Tags: writing, writing tips, articles on writing
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