Blog Writing

An Interview on Blogging

By Jennifer Powell on Aug 7, 2015 in Blog Writing | 0 comments

I was a guest recently on the inaugural edition of the Author Connection, a show produced by Merrimack Media, a go-to firm for authors who want to self publish. We talked about how authors can use blogs. They’re great not only for promoting books but also for writing them. The Author Connection features authors and the stories behind the story. Streaming live...

Do You Write for Money or for Art?

By Jennifer Powell on Jul 13, 2015 in Blog Writing, Writing | 1 comment

A young adult cousin of mine who is artistically talented  hasn’t touched a brush in years. Why? She said recently it’s because her dad told her she couldn’t make a living at it. I think that may be somewhat of an excuse, but it raises an important issue. Do we do what we do as artists, musicians and writers to make money or make art? Her father...

By Jennifer Powell on Jun 9, 2015 in Blog Writing, Uncategorized | 2 comments

What does it take to blog? Well for starters, you actually have to blog. If you’ve been wanting to blog but have had a hard time finding the motivation or getting yourself going, I have the solution: I challenge you to blog at least once a week for three months. That’s easy math – just 12 posts. You can write them all at once if you want – as...

By Jennifer Powell on May 6, 2015 in Blog Writing, What to Write About | 1 comment

I often hear from people that they just don’t have time to blog. It’s probably true to an extent. But there’s generally a reason why they don’t make the time to do it. -They fear that no one will want to read what they’ve written. -They don’t know what to write about. -They know what to write about but not what to say about it....

Yikes! The Editor Needs an Editor!

By Jennifer Powell on Apr 30, 2015 in Blog Writing, Writing | 2 comments

I will admit that I was a little harried last week trying to stay on top of things. That’s my excuse for being what some might call careless in my eagerness to get everything done, including a post on my own blog. I wrote it, gave it a quick read, made it live and clicked that overdue item off my to- do list. And then I got this text from my proofreader/mom. “You...

The Easy Way to Write

By Jennifer Powell on Apr 1, 2015 in Blog Writing, Writing | 2 comments

I’ve sat here for a solid five minutes or so starting this paragraph and then deleting and starting something else. After all these years and all the mounds of copy I’ve written, it should be easy, right? Sometimes it looks like it must have been easy – the words are so perfect, so engaging, so easy to read that it seems they must have flowed right off my fingers....