A.C.E. Writers

I’m a position writer. I get into position and I write. That position is usually somewhere near the computer, with my fingers on the keyboard. If there’s a white space in front of me, I simply determine to fill it up with something. I’ve been known to set my writing goal as “Fill up 10 [...]

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Occasionally, I find a blog with a writer so focused on content and niche that the blog is “of a mind” and I’m drawn back to that mind. Time and again, I’m drawn to a blog written by a young woman who has grown up before my very eyes. Her sense of wonder never ceases [...]

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Recently I was notified via facebook.com that I was the winner of a blogging award presented by Jo Linsdell- Feliciani. Jo writes from her home in Italy and often sends information about other writers and their blogs over her blog about Writers and Authors. I always appreciate her insight and the links she offers. All [...]

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You never know when it’s important to get the right message to the right person, until you’ve once given the wrong message to the wrong person. There’s a problematic issue there of the message and who it should be given to. Try now – this message. It’s nearly midnight and the day is gone, but [...]

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What’s the difference? An editor will review each line and correct all those basic grammar errors, punctuation errors and line edits that need attention. A critiquer will focus on the topic and flow of your book, assess the story line and drive your tale home to the reader. A consultant takes on all these things [...]

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As I sit here, once again, awaiting sunrise, the contemplation of what draws readers comes to mind. There’s a comment in the in box that indicates my topics are spam… uhhuh. She’s selling Viagra, Vicodin and Valium and my topics are spam. Okay, that’s a good line. I suppose, even the fact that I referred [...]

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What does constitution copyright infringement? Last week a friend was asking me about copyrights and how she could avoid being accused of it… I said, “Good luck with that!” She shivered and asked again, “You know I never copy anything anyone else wrote without giving proper credit where due.” I agreed, “I do. You’re always [...]

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By Laura Wheeler It seems that everybody is an SEO expert, even though, if you truly understand the field, you quickly come to realize that nobody knows everything about SEO. In fact, many people who say they do, are really just guessing.

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As writers, the unfortunate reality is that we have to do the lion’s share of book marketing and promotion ourselves. Key to that marketing is the virtual book tour, otherwise known as a blog tour. Advertising a book tour actually begins way before your book release. Here’s how I did it. I created a blog [...]

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“How many words have you written today?” The question didn’t resonate with me, because I’ve never really counted words. Bloggers don’t. Even back when I was focused intently on writing books for a living, my portion didn’t really have much to do with word counts, so I didn’t… Count words, that is. Traditionally, for me, [...]

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