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Writer’s conferences are good opportunities to learn, network, and even pitch to agents. This conference in particular allowed me an 8-minute pitch session with an agent. When I learned about this conference, I knew that it was an opportunity I had to grasp. In this blog post, I will talk about non-writing related things I learned about attending a writer’s conference.

As much as I gush about what I’ve learned in college on this blog, there is one thing I am disappointed with – I struggle with my own...

The About page is all about you, your writing, and your blog (if you have one). The purpose of it is to give visitors a better idea of who you are and why you write what you write. Even though it can be a short thing, it can be daunting. In this post, I help you create your About page.

Last month, I wrote about how I created my website and why I decided to include the things I did. Now I want to dive even deeper into some of those things. I briefly touched on what I included on my homepage, but there are so many options, and I also want to explain more as to why I (and many authors) include certain things on our homepages.

In this post, I’m going to explain how I built my website and blog, why I decided on the things I did, and how I am trying to build my “brand." I’ve already talked about the importance of having a platform in my article “What I Learned in College: Author Platforms” so now it’s time to apply it.

The number of writing resources can be overwhelming, and you may not know where to start or which is best for you. In this post, I will detail ways you can learn how to write better so you can determine which route or routes are best for you.

As writers, our whole career revolved around books. One of the best ways to learn how to write books is to read! Here are ways reading helps writers.

I’ve had to write lengthy excerpts of both fiction and nonfiction books, and each style is different. However, there are similarities between the two of them.             You’ve probably heard most of these before. But in case you haven’t or need a review, here are the similarities and differences between writing fiction and nonfiction.

I want to discuss some of the big things that I think aren’t talked about a lot. These things about writing shocked me.