The Writer 03.2020

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By Kerrie Flanagan Get your BOOK in front of a CROWD How authors can use speaking and teaching engagements to promote their work ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 21 TEACHING Before becoming a writer, I was an ele- mentary school teacher for 10 years. I eventual ...

22 | The Writer • March 2020 to start small, such as by offering a free one-time class for a local organi- zation, in order to b ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 23 topics. You may write a few more details about certain topics, but don’t write out everything yo ...

24 | The Writer • March 2020 SPEAKING While many of the guidelines and tips for teaching are also relevant for speaking, these e ...

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26 | The Writer • March 2020 BY RYAN G. VAN CLEAVE Waste of time or a writer’s best friend? Blogging in 2020 : Thinking of start ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 27 My first attempt was in 2009 using Blogspot, and I got five posts into things before canning it ...

28 | The Writer • March 2020 In short, if you’re not coming at it from a focused business perspective, you’re not likely to find ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 29 Despite all I’ve shared above, plenty of writers blog and blog well. It might be a fine choice f ...

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writermag.com • The Writer | 31 Feeling stuck in your manuscript, craft, or career? Here are 15 of the most common problems that ...

32 | The Writer • March 2020 As a writer, a life coach, and a therapist, I’ve given a lot of thought to the things that keep me ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 33 begin nowhere. You don’t know how to bring for- ward the best ideas and leave the others on a ba ...

34 | The Writer • March 2020 + Read the memoirs of those who did or are doing what you want to do. + Take individuals whose care ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 35 reporters. But are these professions feeding your craft or distracting from it? WHAT TO DO: Take ...

36 | The Writer • March 2020 11 PROBLEM: You’re going through some life changes. When I was about to move into my new house, peo ...

writermag.com • The Writer | 37 a perpetual nosedive, and I don’t know how to pull up and out of it. WHAT TO DO: You move forwar ...

38 | The Writer • March 2020 LITERARY SPOTLIGHT BY MELISSA HART INSIDE LITERARY MAGAZINES T he door was locked. The Simmons publ ...