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TEE Recommends: 5 Resources for Polishing Your Writing Contest Entry

By on January 18, 2012 in Special Teams

Can you hear it? Take your hands off your keyboards for moment and listen … that’s the sound of thousands of writers muttering to themselves, “It is contest time again … contest time …” Think MBT Frasier. ACFW Genesis. And the hundreds of other writing contests sponsored by other writing groups and blogs. Writers are zeroing in on hooks. Heroines. Heroes. Villains. Dialogue. Storyworld. But today I’m fast-forwarding to that final draft, that last bit of polish and shine. (Don’t you wish it were possible?) When you run your editorial fingers through your manuscript one last time, do you even consider fine-tuning your mechanics? Most writing contests have a category rating your spelling, punctuation and grammar skills. And even if mechanics isn’t an actual category, submitting a contest entry without typos, […]

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Learn the Basics of Google Plus

By on January 11, 2012 in Learn the art of Social Networking, Special Teams

I know a lot of you are fed up with Facebook. But it’s important to realize that even though there are new options on the social media frontier, most of your fans are still on Facebook. That said, there’s a new player in the game and many believe it’s going to become a major player. Because of this, I’m giving you some of the basics of how to get started with Google Plus.  Personally, I really like what I’m seeing with Google+. The developers have addressed many of the more irritating issues about Facebook and the fan base for Google+ is growing exponentially.  So let’s get started!  First, go to https://plus.google.com/ to sign up, or view your account.  Once there, you need to fill in your profile. Most important—upload a […]

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Are you ready for opportunity when it arrives?

By on January 4, 2012 in Special Teams, Writing, Writing Life, Writing Life Coaching

Aspiring writers are always looking ahead to that book contract. They write, revise, network, rewrite, learn, plot…and dream. Pre-pubbed can be an intensely exciting time as well as an intensely frustrating one. We seem to stagnate in our dreams as week after week, chapter after chapter, conference after conference, time seems to pass us by. We watch others catapult to superstar status at writing conferences where the published authors gather to talk industry and the pre-pubbed gather to dream. The one thing all of them have in common is there are potential opportunities swirling around them at every moment. The thing that distinguishes many people is recognition of those opportunities. “But wait, Tiff!! I’m working hard!” I know you are. Don’t worry. I’m not criticizing. I’m coaching. I’m speaking from […]

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Building Your Own Facebook Landing Page Using Free Templates

By on December 21, 2011 in Learn the art of Social Networking, Special Teams

As I’ve mentioned before, a landing page is a critical component for a successful Facebook fan page. Although you may have to invest a couple of hours, it’s well worth the effort. There are several different place you can go to develop your page. The two I’ve found easiest are Wix (www.wix.com)  and Pagemodo (http://www.pagemodo.com/?r=free_footer).   Both of these offer free and subscription based options. I used Wix for my author landing page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edie-Melson/212307145501921?sk=wall) and Pagemodo for the landing page for Fighting Fear: Winning the War at Home (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fighting-Fear-Winning-the-War-at-Home/210008849071555?sk=wall). I wanted the opportunity to try out both and see if one offered a better product than the other. You can visit both pages and see for yourself the two different looks they offered.   I found them to be very […]

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