Megan McCullum provides us with 10 hilarious memes about being sleep deprived from reading. Thank you Megan!
We didn’t have much to laugh on ‘Writer’s Treasure Chest’ for too long.
Day: August 27, 2017
Back to School – New W.A.N.A. Classes for September! – written by Kristen Lamb
Kristen Lamb has posted the new upcoming W.A.N.A. classes for September 2017! Thank you Kristen!
_______________________________________________________________________________________
It’s back to school for everyone – not just kids. Vacation’s over. Fun’s over…or maybe the fun is just beginning.
This fall, W.A.N.A. is back with new classes, new instructors, and lots of exciting announcements coming up. Bookmark W.A.N.A. and make sure to subscribe to my blog to stay up-to-date with all the news!
Don’t forget to hop on over to the W.A.N.A. Tribe to join in our daily writing sprints in the chat room! The Tribe is a thriving community, and we are planning on some awesome upgrades to the entire Tribe experience this fall.
NEW CLASSES FOR SEPTEMBER 2017 – (click the link for the classes)
http://authorkristenlamb.com/2017/08/new-september-classes/
71 Ways To Slowly Kill Your Blog
Hugh from ‘Hugh’s Views And News” provides us with a list of 71 ways to slowly kill your blog. Thanks for useful advice, Hugh! This is great for all bloggers.
I’ve got murder on my mind. Are you responsible for any of these?
- Do not have an ‘about me’ page on your blog
- Your ‘about me’ page takes more than a few seconds to find
- Your ‘about me’ page starts with these words – ‘this is an example of an about me page…’
- The number of followers you have is more important to you than what you write
- Poor quality posts
- Have broken links on your blog which you have no idea are broken or can not be bothered to fix
- Do not respond to comments
- Do not respond to questions
- Ignore your readers
- Do not treat visitors to your blog as guests
- Have no name to be called by
- Do not read other blogs
- Do not comment on other blogs
- Believe that blogging is going to make you rich
- Leave links with no relevance (usually to your own posts)…
View original post 891 more words
Anatomy of a Bad Review
Author Don Massenzio provides us with the analysis of a bad review written for one of his books. In my opinion he gives us a great example on how to handle bad reviews in general. But I figure I will find out for sure once one of my own books is published. Thanks for this post, Don!
Thumb up and down buttons
I’ve been blessed. I’ve written a number of books. I’ve been very fortunate. Readers that I don’t know have given my work reviews that have, in the vast majority, earned four or five stars.
That’s why, when I receive a bad review, I like to study it and figure out if there is something I can learn to improve my work.
When I signed onto the Amazon author’s site, I saw this review for my second book, Let Me Be Frank:
I’ve redacted the name in this review. I didn’t want to make this post about the person who submitted the review, I wanted to make it a teaching moment.
First, I looked at the review. It’s titled ‘Boring’ and starts out with the words ‘too slow’. This is valid criticism for a book and sometimes, in a detective novel, the pacing can be…
View original post 344 more words
Writer's Treasure Chest 
You must be logged in to post a comment.