Writing and Creating Books

Michael Brito: How to Become a Media Company and Turn Your Business into a Platform

http://traffic.libsyn.com/socialmediamarketing/SocialMediaMarketing-063-13-10-18.mp3 To learn how any business can become a media outlet and thus build its platform and brand, Michael Stelzner interviewed Michael Brito for the Social Media Marketing podcast. Michael Brito is the author of Your Brand: The Next Media Company (How social business strategy enables better content, smarter marketing, and more effective customer relationships). […]

The Writer’s Dilemma: 1,000 Words for Love

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had 50 words for sand and the Eskimos had a 100 words for snow. I wish I had a 1,000 words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep, and there are no words for that. Are you […]

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How to Use a Pen Name

Some authors like to use pen names when writing books, especially fiction. Below is a Q&A email I answered for an author who wanted to use a pen name (aka nom de plume or pseudonym) — and had a lot of questions on how to use a pen name successfully. Book Publishing Question: Using Pen […]

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Ricky Gervais on How He Learned to Write

Comedian and scriptwriter Ricky Gervais talks about his writing process and how he learned to write. Good info here . . . The key bit of advice that he received as a young man is important: Write about what you know. That’s true for nonfiction as well as fiction. That’s true for poetry as well […]