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You must read this article

Published on October 21, 2015January 19, 2018 by Jean M. Cogdell13 Comments

If you want to get the word out to your target audience, click and read how.

A must-read post by Angela Ackerman

How Authors Can Find Their Ideal Reading Audience

Posted on October 12, 2015, on Jane Friedman’s blog is one of the best blog posts I’ve read in like forever.

I understand the importance of connections. But where do I make the right ones?

How do I find who my target audience is?

Angela gets specific and provides links to get us started.

At our house, ask a question and the answer is automatic. “Google it.” But now the question is “Google what?” Angela explains how to expand your search to reach the right targets. Bullseye Target

Okay, now how about Soovle it?

This website takes it to a whole different level. Thank you Angela!

I’ll add one more tip I use, Twitter search. You’ll be surprised how effective Twitter is.

Now go forth and hit the bullseye!

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3 Ways to Fire Up Your Writing Career Today

Published on October 20, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell

Do you know how to use social media? Check out Kristen Lamb’s latest post and fire up your career.

Her advice hit home for me because when I get on Twitter it’s as if I lost in the great wild woods of social media. I can’t find my way home. LOL

Thanks for the reminder Kristen. I don’t have to stay all day reading and tweeting. LOL

Source: 3 Ways to Fire Up Your Writing Career Today

Do you use poetry to inspire?

Published on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 by Jean M. Cogdell4 Comments

I love poetry. Can’t write it worth shit, but I love reading beautiful words.

The movement is so different from other writing. Poetry evokes emotion in the reader, and it can inspire your characters too.

So it’s little surprise that poetry is used in a lot of YA books. I understand why poems and poetic references, are effective in YA stories A teen lives in a flux of angst and poetry speaks to the emotional roller coaster they live on.

Over at The Guardian, Ciara Murphy explains the importance and effect of poetry in YA stories. From John Green’s Paper Towns poetic metaphors, to Ally Condie’s Matched series (one of my all time favorites) where she uses banned poems by Dylan Thomas and Tennyson.

Today it seems as though poems have been regulated to Meme’s, but maybe it’s time to give poetry another look.

Have you considered using poetry, new, or old, to spur a story forward? If not maybe it’s time to see just what poetry can do for your stories.

Pop over and read…

Why is there so much poetry in YA/teen lit? by Ciara Murphy

Let me know what you think. Can poetry improve your writing, or do you think the idea lame?

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