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Ten-year old Kelsey asks, “How can I get published for free?”
Seventeen-year-old Katherine asks, “Exactly what does it take to get published?”
First-time author Kevin sends me his manuscript and wants me to edit it so it can be publishable.
My response to all three people is, “The best thing to do right now is to create a blog and see if anyone is interested in what you have to say and the way you say it.”
Listen carefully, please: Being an author is not what it used to be!
It doesn’t have to necessarily mean having a print book. Not anymore.
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I’ve said it often: Having a blog is one of the best ways to get your message out.
However, it can’t be just any blog.
Someone contacted me this past weekend about doing a Virtual Book Tour. His book is about to be published, he has a blog and is doing a lot of things right.
However, his blog is hosted on Wordpress.com, rather than his own site. I learned from my blogging coach, Cathy Perkins a.k.a. the Wordpress Wizard, exactly why you don’t want your blog hosted on that site or blogger.com or any site that isn’t your own.
Simply:
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