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Writer’s Tips – April Edition – WordPress Hacks, Font #Copyright Laws, #Editing, #Writer #Scams, #Blogging Tips

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Welcome to my April edition of Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Hugh Roberts is back with two new helpful WordPress tutorials on using the new Comment Box on WordPress and how to reuse older blog posts, the Kindlepreneur with an informative article on the copyright laws of regular fonts we use daily, Anneli Purchase shares a comprehensive list for editing final drafts, the latest Fake Law Scams attacking writers by Anne R. Allen.

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New Comment Box on WordPress by Hugh Roberts

The Amazing New WordPress Comments Box: What It Does

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The Kindlepreneur, Dave Chesson with an important article about using Copyrighted Fonts

Font Copyright Laws for Books: Your Print Book Could be in Violation

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Editor Anneli Purchase with Editing Tips for Polishing Final Drafts

Polishing That Final Draft

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Anne R. Allen keeping us abreast on the Latest Fake Law Enforcements Scams targeting writers

Fake Law Enforcement Scams are Targeting Writers: The Diabolical “Cash in a Shoebox” Scam

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Hugh Roberts has another helpful post sharing good ideas to promote older Blog Posts

3 Quick And Easy Ways To Promote Your Old Blog Posts

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Writer’s Tips – March Edition – #Editing, #Writing Dialogue, A.I., WordPress, #Writing Gigs, Writer’s Block Hacks

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Welcome back to my Writer’s Tips – March edition with some interesting gatherings of articles I come across in my keeping up with the writing industry. In this edition, D.L. Finn, writing at the Story Empire with a great article on all that’s entailed in editing, Anne R. Allen with two great posts on writing too much dialogue and how to remedy it and how to survive and thrive as a writer during the A.I. age, Hugh Roberts helps us find the ‘new comment’ box in WordPress, Jacqui Murray updates us on Writing Gigs and what’s new in the writing world, and Ruth Harris at the blog of Anne R. Allen with 7 Hacks to get past Writer’s Block.

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D. L. Finn is at the Story Empire with an excellent list of Editing Tips

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What Writer’s Should Know! Part Two: Editing

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Anne R. Allen breaks down reasons and remedies for Writing Too Much Dialogue

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“A Little Less Conversation; A Little More Action, Please” — Don’t Overdo Dialogue in Fiction

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Jacqui Murray is at the Story Empire and fills us in on what’s going on in the Writing World and Writing Gigs

What’s Happening in the Writer’s World–March

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Hugh Roberts with another informational on where to find the ‘Open Tab’ in a new box in the WordPress editor

WordPress: ‘Open In New Tab’ Box – Where Is It?

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Anne R. Allen – the Writing Age and Surviving A.I.

It’s the Age of AI: How to Survive and Thrive as a Writer

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Ruth Harris with 7 Hacks to bust through Writer’s Block

Writer’s Block-Busters: 7 Hacks to Get Past Your Writer’s Block

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December Writer’s Tips – #Scams to avoid, Artificial Intelligence, #WordPress Support, #Editing

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Wrapping up the year with my December picks for Writing Tips – Diana Peach at the Story Empire on Tightening our Prose, Just Publishing Advice shares new Author Scams and Book Publishers to avoid, Dan Holloway at ALLI talks about U.K. writers calling for A.I. protections, WordPress Support from Hugh Roberts, Diana Stout on Self-Editing, and Ruth Harris with some worthy Pro Writer Tips.

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Diana Peach is at the Story Empire sharing tips on how to avoid Redundancies in Writing

Tightening our Prose: Redundancy

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Just Publishing Advice sharing the latest Author Scams and Book Publishers to Avoid

Book Publishers To Avoid And New Author Scams

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Self Publishing News at ALLI from Dan Holloway talking about U.K. Publishers and Writing Groups calling for protection tools against A.I.,Self-Editing, and Writing Advice from the Pros

Self-Publishing News: UK Publishers and Writers Groups Call for AI Protection as a new Tool Enables “Data Poisoning”

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Hugh Roberts is back with another helpful tutorial on various methods to contact WordPress Support

Exploring Multiple Avenues: How to Contact WordPress for Support: 6 Best Ways

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Why learning how to Self-Edit is important by Diana Stout at the Writers in the Storm blog

Why You Want to Become a Better Self-Editor

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Ruth Harris at the Blog of Anne R. Allen with Writing Tips from the Pros

Helpful Writing Advice from the Pros

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November Writer’s Tips: #Taglines, #Editing, #WordPress, Writing Tone, Self Publishing changes with #Amazon

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Welcome back to November Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Staci Troilo is at the Story Empire with another helpful formula on writing Taglines, Anneli Purchase shares some Editing Tips, Anne R. Allen writes about ‘writing tone’, Hugh Roberts has another tutorial using the block editor – test emails, and from the Alliance of Independent Authors – updates on Amazon category, keywords and meta data for self publishers.

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Staci Troilo at the Story Empire – Formula for Writing Taglines

Taglines

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Anneli Purchase shares some Editing Tips on with Editing Apps and what to beware of

Writing Aids to Use with Care

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Anne R. Allen with another informative post on Writing – The importance of Conveying the right Tone in our Writing

“I Don’t Like Your Tone!” The Importance of Tone in Writing

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Hugh Roberts – The WordPress Blogging Guru, has WordPress tips to help making Blogging easier. And a warning about Reusable Blocks

Have You Discovered These Two New Excellent WordPress Features? And Where Have Reusable Blocks Gone?

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From ALLI – Amazon changes for entering Meta data, Keywords and Categories

Book Metadata, Keywords and Amazon Category Changes: Help Readers Find Your Book

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Writer’s Tips – August Edition – #Editing, Free-up #Blog Space, Writing, #Copyright, Dialogue Tags

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Welcome to my August Writer’s Tips collaboration where I gather posts and share what I find helpful myself, with other writers and bloggers. In this edition, Hugh Roberts shows us how we can free up blog media space, and tips for using Blog Themes, Beem Weeks on Professional Editing, Echoes in Writing by Diana Peach, Staci Troilo on Moral Copying, and Anneli Purchase on Dialogue Tags.

Beem Weeks at the Story Empire on why Professional Editing for books is so important

Why Professional Editing is Vital for ALL Authors.

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Hugh Roberts with Blogging Tips on How to Free Up Media Space on our Blogs

5 Things You Can Do To Free Up Media Space In Your Blog’s Media Library.

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Hugh Roberts offers suggestions for Blog Theme glitches, and when to change our Themes

WordPress Themes: Who Do You Blame For Your Blog Not Working Correctly?

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Diana Peach at the Story Empire, How to Avoid Writing Echoes

Writing Echoes: How to Avoid Echoes

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Staci Troilo at the Story Empire, writes about writing with Moral Copying – not Plagiarism

Moral Copying

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Anneli Purchase with great tips on Writing Dialogue Tags

Dialogue and Dialogue Tags

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Writer’s Tips November Edition – WordPress Hacks, Writing Timelines, Creating Audio Books, Editing Tips, and Social Media

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Welcome to November edition of my collaborated Writer’s Tips. Each month I share some of the blog posts I come across with helpful writing or blogging tips. This month, I found quite a few goodies most worthy to share to help bloggers. Hugh Roberts shares three helpful posts again for those of us using the block editor – how to center images and how to look for blocks you’ve previously used, and how to find common Gallery blocks in the WordPress editor. From the Story Empire, Joan Hall gives us tips for writing differing timelines in our books, and Beem Weeks explain the procedure for turning books into audio books. Editor, Anneli Purchase shares misused expressions that writers can get caught in. Natalie Ducey has a new tutorial on how to add a Subscribe Button to your WordPress blogs. Last, but not least, Sue Coletta gives an in-depth explanation for the value of authors using Tik Tok platform.

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Hugh Roberts on How to Center Captions and Images in the block editor

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/10/03/this-is-how-easy-it-is-to-centre-captions-underneath-images-and-photos-on-wordpress/comment-page-1/?unapproved=153953&moderation-hash=f3b609055221090146edd67724317c46#comment-153953

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Hugh Roberts shares how to access our most used blocks for easy setup

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/10/10/how-to-access-the-blocks-you-use-the-most-on-the-wordpress-block-editor/comment-page-1/?unapproved=154188&moderation-hash=4cbe15aa2291fa15934392d20d973388#comment-154188

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How to find secret Gallery Blocks on WordPress

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/10/17/these-secret-gallery-blocks-on-wordpress-are-easy-to-find-how-to-use-them/

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From the Story Empire, Joan hall has a great article on writing Timelines

https://storyempire.com/2022/10/24/using-timelines/comment-page-1/#comment-164812

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From the Story Empire, Beem Weeks on Audio Books

https://storyempire.com/2022/10/21/a-few-words-about-audiobooks/comment-page-1/#comment-164813

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Anneli Purchase, Ten Misused Expressions for writers

https://annelisplace.wordpress.com/2022/10/23/ten-misused-expressions/

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Natalie Ducey has a tutorial on How to Add A Subscribe button on WordPress

https://natalieducey.com/2022/10/18/how-to-add-include-a-subscribe-button-option-to-blog-posts-and-pages-in-wordpress/

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Sue Coletta as Anne R. Allen’s guest writer on Tik Tok and why it’s beneficial for authors

How TikTok Works for All Authors and Genres

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June Writer’s Tips – Tools for #Writers

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Welcome to my June edition great collaborated helpful tips for Writers. In this post we have tools for editing, creating QR codes in WordPress, a re-phrasing tool, how to promote our writing using Youtube, getting back to bookwriting after a timeout, tips for making book trailers, and how to create 3D book covers.

Kathy Steinemann, featuring guest writer, Lori Wade with some great tools to aid in writing, editing, with tracking word count and more:

https://kathysteinemann.com/Musings/ten-tools/#comment-11570

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Natalie Ducey with a great tutorial on how to access and create a QR code in WordPress

https://natalieducey.com/2022/05/03/how-to-access-and-create-a-qr-code-in-wordpress/

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Janice Wald of Mostlyblogging.com has some helpful tools for rephrasing content, improving SEO in content for better internet exposure to articles, checking for plagiarism and more in this article:

https://www.mostlyblogging.com/best-article-rewriter-tool/#comment-92535

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Try this now – One of Janice’s recommended tools – the ‘rephraser’ – type in a bit of content and let it rephrase for you:

https://www.rephrase.info/

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How to use Youtube to promote your writing, from Authors Publish:

How to Use YouTube to Promote Your Writing

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Ruth Harris at the blog of Anne R. Allen with some valuable tips on getting back to writing a book you may have abandoned.

Tips and Tweaks for Finishing the Half-Baked Book. With Recipes.

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Jacqui Murray has an informative post on tools to help you make book trailers

https://worddreams.wordpress.com/2022/05/23/book-trailer-tool/

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From The Book Designer – How to create 3D book covers

Create 3D Book Covers In A Few Simple Steps

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Writer’s Tips – December Edition – #Twitter Pinned Tweets, #Editing, Kindlepreneur, #Canva

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Welcome to my December edition of Writer’s Tips. In this last edition for 2021, I’m sharing some great information and tools to help with creating social media posts, QR codes for books, Twitter, and editing tips.

Hugh Roberts demonstrates why every blogger should be using the ‘pinned tweet’ option on Twitter, also, how to draft a blog post

Source: Pinned Tweets: Why Every Blogger Should Have One To Help Drive Traffic To Their Blog – Hugh’s Views & News  

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2021/11/08/dont-have-enough-time-to-draft-blog-posts-this-wordpress-feature-helps/

Stevie Turner alerted me to this great share from the Kindlepreneur – Create a QR code for your books!

https://kindlepreneur.com/qr-code-generator-for-authors/

Great detailed post on revisions and editing our books before they go to the editor by Vivian Zabel, guest writing at Nowastedink with Wendy Van Camp

https://nowastedink.com/2021/11/11/revise-revise-revise-by-vivan-zabel/

Natalie Ducie is back with a new tutorial – How to add text into our Canva images

https://natalieducey.com/2021/11/16/how-to-add-a-hyperlink-to-text-and-elements-in-canva/

From the Bookdesigner – How to create an Index for your book and why you need to

What Is an Index and Why Is It Important for Your Book?

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