Blogging From Paradise

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Does your blog give off a teaching or selling vibe? Look at it closely. Take off your blinders.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

When is it worth writing a Second Edition of a book that already sells well? How might elements of memoir impact non-fiction self-help books? What are the challenges and opportunities of a second edition, as well as practical tips? I discuss these things and more with Matty Dalrymple on The Indy Author Podcast , a fantastic show that covers the craft of writing and author business.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Deep South Convening on the Future Success of American Writers will take place on May 24 at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. This premium article is available to paid subscribers of Jane's newsletter. Access will be available later this month. You can sign up to be notified when subscriptions open.

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Grammarly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This article was co-written by software engineers Ankit Ahuja and Taras Polovyi. Many teams focus on shipping and iterating quickly to deliver the best user experience. However, the process often overlooks performance, which can cause the user experience to gradually degrade over time. Grammarlys Browser Extensions team wasnt an exception. In this post, well explain our journey as we realized a performance problem existed, identified its root causes, fixed the worst bottlenecks, and, finally, en

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The latest in traditional publishing, bookselling, the children's market, audio, book marketing, AI, and culture & politics. This premium article is available to paid subscribers of Jane's newsletter. Access will be available later this month. You can sign up to be notified when subscriptions open.

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Freelance Union

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This article is posted with permission from our partner MacPaw. MacPaw makes Mac + iOS apps that have been installed on over 30 million devices worldwide. Freelancers Union members receive 30 days of free unlimited access to CleanMyMacX and Setapp: [link] As a freelancer, your online security isn’t just personal—it’s your livelihood.

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Freelance Union

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Freelancers Union was created to serve the interests of independent workers, and member participation is critical to shaping the future of the organization. We need you, the Freelancers Union members, to help decide on the next Member Representative to join our board. The Member Representative will have the same responsibilities as all other board members, playing an integral role in developing our organization’s strategy for the future.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Danielle Marshall was formerly editorial director at Lake Union Publishing (Amazon), among other roles in traditional publishing and bookselling. This premium article is available to paid subscribers of Jane's newsletter. Access will be available later this month. You can sign up to be notified when subscriptions open.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Photo by Mark F. Griffin Todays post is by writer and creativity coach Anne Carley ( @amcarley.bsky.social ) who believes#becomingunstuck is an ongoing process. This is the sixth and final post in the series. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.

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