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Why Writers Blog

Posted by on May 30, 2010 at 2:04 pm

What makes blog­ging so spe­cial for a writer? One of the tricks of the trade for a writer is to write every day. High school cre­ative writ­ing teach­ers insist their stu­dents do this. Why? Because it gets the words flow­ing. With no visions of Shake­spearean per­fec­tion danc­ing through their heads, their stu­dents sim­ply put pen […]

What ‘About’ You?

Posted by on May 29, 2010 at 4:08 pm

The impor­tance of your “About” page Here you are, ready to write one more “About me” pro­file piece for yet another sin­gles web­site. How would you like to get it right this time, maybe do it rad­i­cally dif­fer­ently and actu­ally get some results? It’s been said that a rela­tion­ship isn’t about mak­ing you happy, it’s […]

Getting The Lead Out

Posted by on May 28, 2010 at 4:22 pm

How to get the words flow­ing… There’s a sim­ple writ­ing prac­tice tech­nique called “impul­sive writ­ing.” You just write a sen­tence. What­ever comes to mind. No plan, no thoughts, no out­come expected. Just grab a sen­tence out of thin air. Then fol­low it wher­ever your imag­i­na­tion takes you, one sen­tence after another. No rules, no expectations. […]

Getting Read!

Posted by on May 28, 2010 at 12:48 pm

Sin­gleWriter mem­bers may find these three tips easy to use and ben­e­fi­cial to receiv­ing lots of vis­i­tors to their blogs. If you use these three search engine opti­miza­tion (SEO) strate­gies, the search engines will find and index your blogs. 1. Orig­i­nal, high qual­ity con­tent: Qual­ity of con­tent won’t be a prob­lem for SW writ­ers, but you […]

Mental Nudist?

Posted by on May 27, 2010 at 12:43 pm

Are you a men­tal nud­ist? Do your thoughts roam unadorned, undressed, through a cere­bral naturist’s land­scape free from imped­i­ment and restraint? A men­tal nud­ist keeps it per­sonal, keeps it real. Unafraid to expose what “nor­mally” lies deep within, clothed in con­ven­tion and restraint, the men­tal nud­ist can be ratio­nal and prag­matic, Utopian and vision­ary, thoughtful, […]