Welcome to WANA Wednesday, the day I dedicate to making your social media experience more enjoyable. I have to admit, I loved writing my new release We Are Not Alone—The Writer’s Guide to Social Media. Even though I didn’t feel much like an expert, I held a firm belief that one could almost never …
Tag: Kristen Lamb
Sep 13 2010
What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Great Writing
Last night I watched the new Star Trek movie directed by J.J. Abrams for the second time. As a writer, stories are my business, so I study them in all forms. Film is a favorite in that it takes far less time and allows me to study the written form in a visual way. I …
Sep 10 2010
The Attitude of the Farmer–Learning to Do My Part
For years I had a problem. Shocking, right? Like most problems, if not dutifully guarded, it still can rear its ugly head and make a raging mess out of my heart, my attitude and my life. What is this problem? The need to control. In the not-so-distant-past my need for control often drove me …
Sep 08 2010
Manners Count–3 Rules of Social Media Success
Welcome to another WANA Wednesday, the day I dedicate to making your social media experience the best it can be by offering additional tools and insights on topics from my new book We Are Not Alone—The Writer’s Guide to Social Media. One of the biggest reasons I decided to write a book about social media …
Sep 06 2010
No Soliciting–The Evils of POV Prostitution
Let’s step back in time to the days before we all made the decision to become writers. I would guess all of us were readers. We loved books, and books were a large part of what prompted our career choice. Ask yourself the following questions: Have you ever tried to read a book, but eventually …