At AWP16 in Los Angeles in March, I went to a fabulous panel called The Imperfect Writing Life with Samantha Dunn moderating and Andre DeBus III (author of House of Sand and Fog and Townie), Carol Edgarian (author of Rise the Euphrates and Three Stages of Amazement), Neil Thompson (director of publishing at Amazon) and […]
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May 24th, 2016 | Tags: Andre DeBus III, AWP, AWP16, book editor, Carol Edgarian, freelance editing, Meghan Ward, Samantha Dunn, Sunil Yapa, the writing life, Writerland, writing advice | Category: Craft of Writing, Writing | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) 1. WordPress I have finally moved my entire website into WordPress, so I can update it regularly, and I’m very excited about that! I’ll be posting latest news and events on the Home page and upcoming classes on the Classes page. 2. MailChimp I’ve also moved the Writerland blog subscription from Feedburner to MailChimp, […] April 6th, 2016 | Tags: AWP, AWP16, blog spam, blogging, FeedBurner, MailChimp, Meghan Ward, Wordpress, Writing | Category: Blogging, Publishing, Writing | 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Today I’m thrilled to bring you an interview with Frances Stroh, author of the forthcoming memoir BEER MONEY: A Story of Privilege and Loss, about the downfall of Stroh’s Beer and the Stroh family fortune. Keep an eye out for BEER MONEY in May of next year. Photo of Eric Stroh children (1979) by […] August 26th, 2015 | Tags: beer fortune, Beer Money, Detroit, Detroit memoir, Frances Stroh, Meghan Ward, Memoir, Stroh's beer, Writerland | Category: Author Interviews, Books, Memoir | One comment - (Comments are closed) June 20th, 2015 | Tags: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, best films of 2015, best movies of 2015, Jeff Sommerville, Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying GIrl, Meghan Ward, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, Sundance, Thomas Mann, Writerland, Young Adult | Category: Author Interviews, Books, Film | Comments are closed
When I teach Blogging for Beginners at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, we get everyone’s blogs set up, but that’s the easy part. Learning how to use WordPress, Blogger, or SquareSpace will get your blog online, but it won’t make you a great blogger. Great blogs have five things in common—quality design, great content, clear […] June 16th, 2015 | Tags: blog, Blogger, blogging, blogging classes, Meghan Ward, Social Media, social network, SquareSpace, Wordpress, Writerland | Category: Blogging, Social Media, The Author Platform | One comment - (Comments are closed) A quick announcement to let everyone know that TODAY is the last day to get the early bird discount for Blogging for Beginners, which starts next Monday, June 22, at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. After today, tuition goes up $25, but you can still enroll right up until the minute class starts (but […] June 15th, 2015 | Tags: author platform, blogging, blogging class, book marketing, Meghan Ward, Publishing, Social Media, social media class, social network, Wordpress, Writerland | Category: Blogging, Marketing, Social Media, The Author Platform | One comment - (Comments are closed) I’m getting excited for AWP! I just bought a new umbrella, and I’m digging my coats and sweaters out of the closet. I’ll be moderating a panel Thursday morning and participating in a reading Thursday afternoon. Please come to one or both if you’re going to AWP. I’d love to see/meet you! Details about my […] April 6th, 2015 | Tags: AImee Suzara, Amy King, AWP, AWP15, Isaac Fitzgerald, Jake Armerding, Kate Klein, Laura Joyce Davis, Meghan Ward, Minneapolis, Sarah Beth Childers, Social Media, social network, social networking, Sophronia Scott, Susan Ito, writing conference | Category: Books, Craft of Writing, Marketing, Memoir, Poetry, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Social media has many raisons d’être—to advertise, to entertain, to build relationships with other people—and every now and then there’s an opportunity to use it for a greater good, whether to raise money for a great cause or to help a fella out. This is one of those opportunities. Still from a video released […] April 2nd, 2015 | Tags: freelance editor, kidnapped, Meghan Ward, Michael Scott Moore, pirates, Somalia Report, Sweetness and Blood, Twitter, Writerland | Category: Memoir, Social Media | 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Today I’m excited to welcome Laura Joyce Davis, a wonderful writer who has some great tips for turning the traditional author reading into so much more. Welcome, Laura! Not Your Typical Reading: Four Ways to Revitalize the Old Reading By Laura Joyce Davis I’m a sucker for a good reading. Give me a front row […] March 25th, 2015 | Tags: author readings, Brent Weeks, creative author readings, great author readings, Jamie Asaye Fitzgerald, Jeff Greenwald, Laura Joyce Davis, Meghan Ward, Nina LaCour, The Disenchantments, Writerland | Category: Books, Memoir, Poetry, Reading, Writing | 27 comments - (Comments are closed) Photo courtesy of Audio-Technica via Creative Commons Today, social media are an important component of a writer’s life, but it’s equally important to know when to turn them off. For some of us, this is no easy task, which is why we need a little help to keep the distractions at bay. […] February 9th, 2015 | Tags: avoiding distractions, book editor, freelance editor, Meghan Ward, productivity, Writerland, writers, Writing | Category: Social Media, Writing | 15 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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