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Productivity: Time Management and Planning

Kelly Jan 17 2021
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Miscellaneous

Productivity. How much you do, when you do it, how you measure it. Put a bunch of writers together, and you can guarantee it’ll come up at some point. So many businesses are also asking how to monitor productivity when employees work from home as it can be very tricky knowing what they are doing. That’s easily the best solution that we have found though so check it out. Do you write in the morning? Are […]

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Writing Resolutions

Julie Jan 1 2021
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Writing Life

Happy New Year, PubCrawlers! I know this last year was tough on most of us, so here’s to keeping the faith that 2021 will be better! Are you the type to set resolutions? Personally, I’m a goal junkie. I’m always focused on that next hill I want to climb. (I honestly get a real rush from crossing things off a list. It’s a thing I find a lot of writers have in common. I’m sure […]

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Do You Need a Creative Writing Degree to Become a Writer?

Julie Nov 30 2020
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Guest Post, Speakeasy Sharing, Writing Life

Without beating around the bush, let’s get to the age old question that has been often asked and answered to death – do you need an English or creative writing degree to become a writer? Almost every published writer would be quick to say no. Your parents will probably be happy to hear that too, and you can focus your roughly four years of college on something more “marketable.” After all, in this economy, who […]

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Guest Post: Launching a Writing Career Online

Julie Mar 3 2020
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Before the Deal Series, Guest Post, Industry Life, Speakeasy Sharing

Okay fellow writers, time to go out and build a fanbase from the ground up in order to catch people’s attention and get published! Except, you don’t have anything published yet, so how exactly are you supposed to build a fanbase? Hmmm…. I know what you’re thinking, writing is hard enough without the pressure to build a platform. Unfortunately, the hard truth is that these days, not only are we required to improve our craft […]

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Interview with Literary Agent Barbara Poelle

Julie Jan 14 2020
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Book Recommendations, Industry Life, Interviews, Speakeasy Sharing

Hello PubCrawlers! I am so excited to have as my guest today veteran literary agent (and Irene Goodman Literary Agency vice president) Barbara Poelle. Barbara is the author of FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK: SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY, which comes out today from Writer’s Digest Books! FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK is based on Barbara’s popular Writer’s Digest advice column of the same name, and features responses to more than 100 questions by aspiring and emerging writers (including […]

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