book author tips

Book author tips from my experience

If you’re looking to write a book, you can learn from my experience writing, publishing, and marketing Financial Blogging: How to Write Powerful Posts That Attract Clients. If you’re a book author planning to self-publish your book, you may find my tips particularly helpful. Below you’ll find links to my posts for book authors. Writing […]

Mistake Monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for March 11: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. Hint: spell-checking software should have caught these errors.   I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.

American beech and clones

Clone your blog posts

A lovely walk in a Berkshires Audubon sanctuary made me think about blogging. I saw a tree labeled “American Beech and Clones.” Because my mind works in strange ways, I immediately thought about suggesting that you try cloning your blog posts. After all, if a topic or approach works once, growing into a healthy “beech […]

Mistake Monday

MISTAKE MONDAY for March 4: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?

Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. As you can see, I make mistakes, too. In fact, I started Mistake Monday partly to spur myself to catch more of my errors before I publish them.                       […]

Cracking eggs

Cracking eggs for your writing

You have to crack eggs and get your hands dirty to create a delicious dessert. Sometimes the same thing is necessary to create an effective blog post. Most good blog posts aren’t fully formed before you start writing. They’re not like the products of soulless, mass-produced cake mixes. You have to assemble ingredients—your ideas, statistics, […]