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Witches, the fae, dragons and unicorns. Welcome to the worlds I live in...Crusade: The Second Writers' Platform-Building Crusade
Neil Colquhoun "FRANK: Vol.1 Boiling Point"
Tag Archives: platform-building
My new website is ready!
Yes, folks. I might have mentioned it before, but I’ve been sorting out a self-hosted website so that I can branch out a little when the time comes. I hope to offer downloadable stories and podcasts in the future, and that … Continue reading
Proactivity
Today has been a somewhat frustrating day. In way that’s good – it means it can only get better. Problems will be solved, some of them simply throwing some time at it, people will move on, etc, etc. Of course, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Mhairi Simpson, aspiring writer, author, blog, blogging, brand, edit, editing, fantasy, fiction, novels, platform-building, writer, writing
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Self promotion shouldn’t be a chore…
Last night I went round to my parents’ house. It was great. I got dinner cooked for me. Fabulous. Some face-to-face human contact with people I wasn’t buying things from - spiffing! It was a lovely evening. My father was home (he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Mhairi Simpson, aspiring writer, author, blog, blogging, brand, fantasy, platform-building, recognition, reputation, social media, twitter, writer, writing
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How much is enough?
As sometimes happens, I’m not in a particularly productive mood today. This probably has more to do with my friend’s party last night than anything else, but it’s Sunday, so I think I’m entitled . This post was going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Mhairi Simpson, aspiring writer, author, edit, editing, fiction, motivation, novels, original fiction, original writing, platform, platform-building, writer, writing
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Musings of a blog writer… What exactly are we trying to achieve?
I wrote a whole blog post about writing dialogue yesterday. Today I reread it and it bored me, so I deleted it. Which leaves me with a blank spot on my computer screen where I need to have five hundred … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne-Mhairi Simpson, aspiring writer, author, blog, blogging, Bob Mayer, brand, fantasy, Kristen Lamb, platform, platform-building, recognition, reputation, twitter, writer, writing
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Second Crusader Challenge – Microflash
Write a FLASH FICTION story (in any format) in 100 words or less, excluding the title. Begin the story with the words, “The goldfish bowl teetered” These four words will be included in the word count. Once you’ve posted your … Continue reading
The Stylish Blogger Award
So, this is kind of embarrassing. I got nominated for another Stylish Blogger Award by the lovely Rebecca Enzor, over at Sticky Note Stories and forgot to post about it until now. Well, actually I kept remembering and kept forgetting … Continue reading
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The Stylish Blogger Award!
Check it out! I won an award!! Thank you very much to Cleveland Dietz II. You should check out his blog because a/he gave me this award which means he’s lovely and completely insane and b/it made me laugh. So, … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, brand, platform, platform-building, recognition, reputation, social media, twitter, writer, writing
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Crusading!
Podcast "FRANK: Vol. 1 – Boiling Point"
