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How to Get Back to Writing

Jane Friedman

When I finished my MFA in 2005, I didn’t write for a year. Had I known about that event in 2005, I would have crawled into bed and not come out until December 1st. This manuscript isn’t one I’ve pursued publishing. Photo by Monstera. Today’s post is by author Matthew Duffus ( @DuffusMatthew ). Set a challenge.

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Are You Sure You Don’t Have an Author Platform?

Jane Friedman

In spring 2017, after learning that an aspiring nonfiction author would need a book proposal to find a publisher, I enrolled in a two-Saturday proposal writing class at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Since 2005, whenever someone searched “Samantha Smith,” they’d come to my website or the YouTube channel.

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How Niche Communities Are Changing Online Conversations

Neil Patel

For publishers, the site lets people see at a glance what books and topics are resonating with readers. Since its creation in June 2005, it’s grown to over 100,000 threads called “subreddits.” What started as a conference in 2005 has turned into one of the largest online niche communities.

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The New Way to Blog

Neil Patel

Just take a look at one of my first blog posts that I wrote on August 31, 2005. Internal linking – I want you to add 3 links to the new blog post you just published from your old content. And then you would try to build links, but even if you weren’t great at link building you would still naturally generate more backlinks overtime.

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5 Best Free Blogging Platforms & Sites in 2024 (100% Unbiased)

Smart Blogger

Granted, some of those “Medium” searches could be for the TV show of the same name that starred Patricia Arquette from 2005 through 2011. If your post looks good in the editor, it’s going to look good when your post goes live after you click the “Ready to publish?” The blue line represents the number of searches for “medium.”

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Lessons Learned From 11 Years As An Author Entrepreneur

The Creative Penn

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. I finally finished and published How to Write a Novel in July 2022 after starting with an initial draft in 2016. It will emerge over time.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. The same goes for Google acquiring Android for a measly $50 million in 2005 with key employees joining the company. Micro Startup Acquisition Trends. When you compare that to the $7.5

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