The book fair and sale - Word on the Street in Lethbridge on 21st September was a great success. I managed a half table display, which is always challenging with the amount of books I have to display. I shared the table with the University of Lethbridge English...
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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Tips on Maintaining Your Writer Blog
Once you have set up your blog and identified your target audience and know what theme/topics you will cover, now you need to maintain it. One of the most important tasks is to ensure you have a regular schedule, so your readers know when to expect a post from you....
Wordsmiths Collective Thursday – #AuthorToolboxBlogHop – Hashtags for Writers, Authors & the Writing Community
Today's #AuthorToolboxBlogHop We are all vying for attention on social media and one of the ways we can get more exposure is to use hashtags. Put simply a hashtag is a label for content. It helps followers, who are interested in a certain topic, quickly find content...
Wordsmiths Collective Thursday – Virtual Writing Groups
Yes, we all know writing is a solitary pastime, however we do need to connect with others writers from time to time. In this virtual age many of us have connections across countries as well as in our own place in the world. This is achieved with local writing groups...
Marketing Tips from Authors
As we are nearly at the halfway point for this year's author interviews, I thought it would be interesting to review the answers I received to the question: What is your best marketing tip? The answers are varied and, I think reflect how comfortable (or not!) writers...
Friday Fun for Writers, Authors & Readers…
What could possibly go wrong today? A full moon and Friday 13th. For me it has always been a good day. How about you? I thought this literary coffee display was worth sharing today. This one will make you groan! Q: What would you get if you crossed a locomotive with...
Double Duty at Local Event – Books & Food…
Yesterday I helped out at an event called Savor Strathcona, this incorporates local restaurants and artisans. There are numerous foods from across the globe to try and arts of all sorts, including pottery, painting, books and jewelry. The event also included live...
Social Media Pros and Cons for Writers…
This post was created due to the fact I was worrying about what to write for today's post while perusing my Facebook and finally noticing two hours had 'disappeared' - without me really understanding where that time went! As this study shows it is not an uncommon...
An invitation -50 over 50 Bloggers…
http://katherinescorner.com/bloggers-age-50-older-wanted Hello Followers, I would like to invite you to join in with this '50 over 50' blog project. It sounds like fun and will connect us with even more people in the blogging world. Click on the link and sign up....
