Archive for April 2025
Your Handwriting Can Reveal Your Mood. Here’s What That Means for Authors
By now, you might have heard the news — writing longhand has benefits, supporting better memory of both literary essentials (e.g., word recognition) and conceptual comprehension. But what if writing longhand was also a secret gateway for others to understand your real mood? The research In a study from the University of Haifa, researchers developed…
Read MoreFinding Your Rhythm in Your Writing
It doesn’t matter if you’re dealing with the posts hitting your social media feed or classic authors like Hemingway — everybody’s got their own voice that helps them stand out. Broadly, your voice in your writing is how your personality comes across in your content. But you can also identify voice by asking, “How does…
Read MoreYour Nonfiction Idea Is Good, But Your Social Media Following Needs to Be Better
It happened to me again. A rejection from a literary agent. I’m used to those by now. I have hundreds. But this rejection was the second in a single week that held the same rationale. Publishers want to see large numbers on social media accounts. Plenty of followers means people trust what you say and…
Read MoreBooks Are More Than Loss Leads
Do you see it, too? More and more experts, all recommending writing books as loss leads. The basic idea comes from the reality that most books don’t make a ton of money. Many authors only make a few hundred dollars, if anything at all, as they’re often recouping the cost of marketing, editing, and other…
Read MoreLack of Immediate Recognition Doesn’t Mean No Value
Over the past year (and especially over the past several months), I’ve been seriously questioning how to move forward with my writing career: Do I stick with social media, or focus on books? Posting online has led to a modest growth in followers. I love the variety it allows in my writing. And the query…
Read MoreHow to Make Your Writing Sound More Conversational
If writers want to do anything, it’s to connect with and intimately engage their readers. They want to give people the gifts of escapism, inspiration, or education and make them feel deep things. So, why do so many writers fail to achieve that goal? One word. Conversationality. What is conversationality? Conversationality means that whatever you’re…
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