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Meghan Ward

I'm a freelance writer and book editor represented by Andy Ross of the Andy Ross Literary Agency. You can read an excerpt of my memoir, Paris On Less Than $10,000 A Day, and visit my website for more info about me.

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5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Online Presence

1. Get over your fear of self-promotion. Just do it. Now. Done? Good. I get an email newsletter from professional coach Martha Borst every week. It has her photo at the top and an image of her book cover on the side. I don’t see that and think, “Oh God, there goes Martha promoting herself [...]

January 31st, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 22 comments

Don’t Be An iPhoney

My life is insane this week. In addition to training for a half-marathon, editing two books, and touring every kindergarten in California, I’ve been left to take care of two snot-nosed kids (literally, there are balls of snotty toilet paper all over the house) alone while my husband is out of town on a business [...]

January 18th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Reading, Videos | 13 comments

How to Manage Your Online Afterlife

The week before Christmas, I looked at my birthday notifications on Facebook and saw that it was my friend Chris’s birthday. Facebook has this new feature that allows you to wish your friends happy birthday without even visiting their walls. But because I know some people post fake birthdays to protect their privacy, if I [...]

January 13th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Publishing, Social Media | 11 comments

Writerly New Year’s Resolutions

What are your New Year’s resolutions? Mine are:

1. Run the Oakland Half Marathon on March 25, no matter how slowly. I ran this marathon in 2010, and then in 2011 I wimped out after a 10-mile run two weeks before because I hadn’t trained enough. My ego didn’t want to run it slower than [...]

January 3rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Publishing, Reading | 22 comments