Twas the night before Valentine’s and all through the land, the poor single people were wringing their hands…
Tag: humor
Jan 14 2020
Don’t Advertise, PADvertise: Catch Readers With Their Pants Down
The business savvy author of the digital age doesn’t settle on blasting out non-stop self-promotional tweets. That is SO 2014. The REAL writer of the digital age realizes a captive audience is a a buying audience.
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Dec 06 2019
Five Holiday Challenges Only Writers Will Understand
While the holidays are hard on everyone, they pose a unique set of challenges for writers. We have to back away from the keyboard, put on pants, and remember what it is to mingle among humankind…or mostly why we don’t.
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Sep 13 2019
Thirteen Reasons Writers are Mistaken for Serial Killers
I believe somewhere at the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, there’s a caveat for the profilers. If they think they’ve profiled a serial killer, they need to stop and double-check to make certain they didn’t just find a writer.
Hint: Check for empty Starbuck’s cups and candy wrappers.
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Dec 03 2018
Gym Bug Season: When You Want to Get Swole Not Parole
As an author, speaker, trainer, blogger, wife and mother, it’s super important for me to strive for work-life balance (Translation: Don’t go to jail). For instance…blogging on something completely different for a change. On, per se…working OUT. Because seriously. Without time to decompress, get rid of pent up energy and anxiety, well that’s when I …
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Kristen Lamb is the author of the definitive guide to social media and branding for authors, Rise of the Machines—Human Authors in a Digital World. She’s also the author of #1 best-selling books We Are Not Alone—The Writer’s Guide to Social Media and Are You There, Blog? It’s Me, Writer. She’s just released her highly acclaimed debut mystery-thriller The Devil’s Dance.
Kristen has written over twelve hundred blogs and her site was recognized by Writer’s Digest Magazine as one of the Top 101 Websites for Writers. Her branding methods are responsible for selling millions of books and used by authors of every level, from emerging writers to mega authors.