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Category Archives: Technology Fun
WriterStrong: Why Is Your Hosting Company Integral To the Success of Your Website or Blog?
Last Fall we started the WriterStrong series to delve deeply into the strengths writers must have for strong careers. Social media and internet savvy is part of the job requirement for today’s authors. Today’s post gets to the nitty-gritty on one important … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Technology Fun, WriterStrong
Tagged author websites, Jami Gold, Social Media, Writers in the Storm
59 Comments
Writerly Uses for Excel – Part 3
by Jenny Hansen Earlier this year, we started talking about Microsoft Excel and all the ways writers could use it without hyperventilating. In case you missed the other two posts, I’ve linked them below: Part 1 – Excel Shortcuts and … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Fun
Tagged Excel for writers, Indie publishing, Jenny Hansen, royalty statements, Writers in the Storm, writing
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The Cheese Factor: Keep the “Cheesiness” Out of Your Author Website
We have a treat for you today. Kerry Lonsdale is a writer and a marketing and techno-guru. She’s here to keep you from website embarrassment. Here she is: Cheesy websites. You know the ones I’m referring to. The music that … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Miscellaneous, Technology Fun
Tagged author websites, Kerry Lonsdale, Writers in the Storm
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Are Book Trailers Dead?
by Laura Drake My debut book will be out in May, so promo is at the top of my mind lately. When I brought up the idea of doing a book trailer with some of my published friends, I got … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Technology Fun
Tagged book promotion, Book Trailers, Laura Drake, Tessa Dare, Writers in the Storm
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Writerly Uses For Excel – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about using Microsoft Excel efficiently. You learned some fun finesse tools for moving around the program and laying out data. Today, we’re going to get to the nitty-gritty part of Excel. We’re … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Fun
Tagged Excel for writers, Jenny Hansen, Microsoft Excel, technology, Writers in the Storm, writing
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Writerly Uses For Microsoft Excel – Part 1
by Jenny Hansen Should writers (or anyone else) use Microsoft Excel? In a word, YES! Laura Drake did a post last week about how she keeps track of her plot in Excel and I started hearing rumbling from the Spreadsheet-Phobics in … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Fun
Tagged author, Jenny Hansen, Microsoft Excel, Writers in the Storm, writing
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QR Codes ~ A Sexy Marketing Technique for Your Books
Scan this! by Jenny Hansen What happens when you hold your iPhone up and click that weird looking square on the left? You see these in magazines, at the grocery store, on clothing labels, and YES, in the back of … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Fun
Tagged author, ePub, indie, Jenny Hansen, Social Media, Writers in the Storm, writing
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8 Easy Ways To Grow Your Social Media Footprint
Photo by Elizabeth Cooper ~ WANA Commons by Jenny Hansen A while back, I attended a free two-hour seminar on social media provided by Constant Contact (my new BFF). While it’s true that I attended for my day job, writers are … Continue reading
Posted in Technology Fun
Tagged authors, Jenny Hansen, marketing, small business, Social Media, Writers in the Storm, writing
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What Makes a Good Book Cover?
We’re so excited here at WITS. The amazing teacher and writer, Shannon Donnelly, has agreed to be a monthly contributor! Read on – you’re going to be excited too! Here’s Shannon: The great thing about ebooks is you can keep … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Miscellaneous, Publishing With Amazon, Technology Fun
Tagged belle epoch, book cover, cats cradle, cover art, Della Jacobs, designing covers, ebook, epublishing, fonts, georgian era, Historical fiction, hot damn designs, paths of desire, Regency romance, romance, romantic times, Shannon Donnelly
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5 Reasons Why I *Heart* Twitter (And Why You Should Too)
By Laura Drake This was the conversation at crit group last week… Me: So I was tweeting with Chicken on a Chain last night, and – Jenny: Chicken WHAT? Me: He’s a bull. Retired from the PBR, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Technology Fun
Tagged bull riding, bulls, chicken on a chain, iguana, Jenny Hansen, joe scully, Laura Drake, marketing, PBR, peeps, Pro Bull Riding, Social Media, tweeting, Twitter, Writers in the Storm
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