As you know if you read/watched Part I of our interview, author Nathan Bransford came to the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto for lunch last week, and I videotaped our interview. This half is really more of a conversation between Nathan and some of the writers at the Grotto, including Po Bronson, Constance Hale, and Caroline […]
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April 27th, 2011 | Tags: Books, Caroline Paul, Costance Hale, E-Books, Gerard Jones, Jacob Wonderbar, Laura Goode, Meghan Ward, Nathan Bransford, Po Bronson, Publishing, San Francisco Writers' Grotto, Self-Publishing, SF Grotto, Social Media, The Grotto, Writerland, Writing | Category: Author Interviews, Books, E-Books, Marketing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 18 comments - (Comments are closed) I had the pleasure of meeting Nathan Bransford in person last week and interviewing him on video when he came to lunch at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, where I write. Here is the first part of the interview with the (edited) transcription below, so you can follow along to see who is asking the […] April 26th, 2011 | Tags: authors, Blogger, blogging, Books, Caroline Paul, childrens books, CNET, Constance Hale, Gerard Jones, Grotto, Helena Echlin, interview, Jacob Wonderbar, Laura Goode, Meghan Ward, Nathan Bransford, Po Bronson, Publishing, San Francisco Writers' Grotto, SF Grotto, Social Media, Writerland, Writing | Category: Author Interviews, Books, E-Books, Marketing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform | 5 comments - (Comments are closed) It’s so easy for bloggers to get caught up in the race for more followers, more comments, more hits. I know that when I get two comments on my Link Love posts (and one of them is mine) I want to stop posting links—partly because I feel it’s a waste of time if people aren’t […] April 19th, 2011 | Tags: Anastasia Villareal, Blogger, Christine Lee Zilka, Editing, Elizabeth Browne, Facebook, Klout, Kristan Hoffman, Meghan Ward, Memoir, Publishing, Twitter, Writing | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Social Media, The Author Platform | 33 comments - (Comments are closed) Since I’ve been Twittering a lot of links lately, I figured I would share them with you here. You can also follow me @meghancward or like my Facebook Page to receive these links throughout the week. Here is a great post by Brian Meeks about Fake Hashtaggery. Keren Taylor, founder of WriteGirl, tells the LA […] April 15th, 2011 | Tags: Alan Rinzler, Barry Eisler, Blair Witch Project, Brian Meeks, Heather Donahue, Isaac Fitzgerland, JA Konrath, Kristen Lippert Martin, Margaret Atwood, Meghan Ward, MFA, Nathan Bransford, Regreturature, The Rumpus, Wee World, Writer Girl | Category: Link Love, Memoir, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) You’re working on building your author platform. You’re blogging, you’re tweeting, you’re Linked In, and you’re posting to your Facebook author page. But how can you tell if all those hours spent on the social media treadmill are having an impact? On your blog, you can monitor how many unique visitors and page views […] April 12th, 2011 | Tags: author platform, Barack Obama, D4EO, Danielle Svetcov, David Patterson, Foundry Media, Gary Vaynerchuk, James Levine, Justin Bieber, Klout, Lady Gaga, Marketing, Meghan Ward, Mollie Glick, Nathan Bransford, Publishing, Social Media, social media analytics, Sprout Social, Weronika Janczuk, Writing | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 17 comments - (Comments are closed) Today we have an interview with Nina LaCour, author of the YA novel Hold Still, which is a fantastic book (I read it last week). Writerland: When did you first know you wanted to be a writer? NL: I’ve always been in love with stories—listening to people tell them, reading them, writing them. My […] April 5th, 2011 | Tags: authors, Books, fiction, Hold Still, interviews, Kristen Tracy, Meghan Ward, Nina LaCour, novels, Publishing, San Francisco Writers' Grotto, suicide, WriteTeen, YA | Category: Author Interviews, Craft of Writing, Publishing, Writing | 24 comments - (Comments are closed) When I heard the Grotto was doing a fundraiser for Litquake called Regreturature, I signed up without even thinking about what I would read. I figured all I had to do was look through the 3x2x2-foot box full of journals I’d written over the years, and I’d find all kinds of jewels. I remembered, for […] April 1st, 2011 | Tags: bad writing, Editing, Litquake, Meghan Ward, models, Publishing, Regreturature, SF Writers' Grotto, supermodels, Swedish American Hall, The Grotto, Writing | Category: Books, Craft of Writing, Editing, Publishing, Reading, Revision, Writing | 22 comments - (Comments are closed) Because I will be teaching a social media class at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto beginning next month, I’ll be blogging a lot about social media in the coming weeks. Many of you commented on my post about Facebook Pages with questions, so Miles has graciously offered to write a follow-up post. Here it is: […] March 29th, 2011 | Tags: author platform, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Page, Glee, Meghan Ward, MIles Christian Daniels, milesmaria, personal branding, Social Media | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform | 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Because I’m going to be teaching a class on Social Media at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto next month, I’ll be blogging more about social media in the coming weeks. Today: 10 Twitter Tips. 1. Choose a Twitter handle that people will remember. Whether it’s your name (@charliesheen, @meghancward), a cute nickname (@ Mc_Huge, @iamnatedavis), […] March 22nd, 2011 | Tags: Anne R. Allen, author platform, blogging, Dane Golden, Facebook, Jordan MacKay, Josh McHugh, Kristen Lippert Martin, Laughing Squid, Meghan Ward, personal branding, Publishing, Sierra Godfrey, Sin and Syntax, Social Media, Twitter, writers, Writing | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 19 comments - (Comments are closed) Just a few updates for my peeps here in the Bay Area, in case you’re not following me on Twitter or Facebook. (What? You’re not? Get on over there and follow/like me. You won’t regret it!) 1. I’ll be telling a story at the Porchlight storytelling series this Monday at 8 p.m. at the Verdi […] March 19th, 2011 | Tags: 7x7, Beth Lisick, blogs, disciplining toddlers, Facebook pages, Litquake, Meghan Ward, parenting, Porchlight, Regreturature, San Francisco Writers' Grotto, SF Grotto, Social Media, Twitter, Writers' Grotto | Category: Marketing, Memoir, Publishing, Social Media | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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