Podcasting
Demystifying Podcasts: All About the Audio (and More)
Previously on “Demystifying Podcasts,” I discussed some podcasting basics. Today I’ll be looking at the essence of podcasts: the audio. But rather than discussing specific […]
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Podcasting
Demystifying Podcasts: A Beginners Guide to Podcasting
Writers who are looking to build their platform are frequently encouraged to start a podcast. Most are aware you can subscribe to podcasts on iTunes […]
Writing and Technology
Tools for Writers: Evernote (Part 1)
Evernote is one of my favorite applications, whether on my laptop, phone, tablet, or on the Web. It has innumerable features, which can be expanded via […]
Craft of Writing
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Four Tips for Writing Great Opening Sentences
As Will Rogers reminded us, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. This is never truer than when an agent or […]
Craft of Writing
Stirring Up the Gift Within You
In 2 Timothy 1:6 (KJV), Paul exhorts Timothy to “stir up the gift of God, which is in thee ….” Or, as the NASB version […]
Self-Publishing
How to Convert Your Manuscript from Word to Kindle Format in 5 Easy Steps (Part 3)
Last time, in part 2 of this series, we covered Steps 1-3 of the 5 steps, which discussed styling, headers and footers, and pagination. This […]
Self-Publishing
How to Convert Your Manuscript from Word to Kindle Format in 5 Easy Steps (Part 2)
In the first part of this series, we looked at some initial considerations when preparing a manuscript for Kindle. Today, we’ll be covering Steps 1-3 […]
Writing and the Law
Copyright for Writers: Five Copyright Myths
At the recent January “Pop-Up” social event, one of our members asked a question about copyright. The subsequent discussion made it apparent there is a lot […]
Self-Publishing
How to Convert Your Manuscript from Word to Kindle Format in 5 Easy Steps (Part 1)
You’ve finished your wonderful manuscript in Word, complete with front matter and back matter. You may even have already uploaded the manuscript to CreateSpace … […]
Community
The Inspire Community: Online
One aspect of the Inspire web site that was much commented-on in the past was the lack of community functionality. When we relaunched the site […]