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Writer’s Tips – May Edition – #WordPress Hacks, #Microsoft Word, Info Dumps, #Troll Inquisition

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Welcome to my May edition Writer’s Tips. This month I’ve found some helpful posts for WordPress Settings by Hugh Roberts, how to convert a Word document for ebook by Jane Friedman, Deborah Jay talks about Info Dumps in writing, and Anne R. Allen warns us about the Troll Inquisition on writers.

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Hugh Roberts has a great tutorial on using WordPress Settings in our dashboards

How To Use This New Easy Feature For Your Blog’s Settings On WordPress.

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Jane Friedman shares how turn a Word Document into an Ebook

How to Turn a Microsoft Word Document Into an Ebook (EPUB)

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Thoughts on #InfoDumps anyone?

Deborah Jay talks about avoidinInfo Dumps in Writing

Author Debrah Jay talking about Info Dumps in Writing

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Anne R. Allen – how Foreign Robots are attacking Authors – The Troll Inquisition

Nobody Expects the Trollbot Inquisition! Are Foreign Bots Censoring U.S. Authors?

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Note: please excuse the large spacing between some of these articles. It seems WordPress block editor has a mind of its own and won’t allow me to fix without erasing parts of my post.

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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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Writer’s Tips – October Edition – #Blurb Writing, #Blogging Tips, #WordPress, Kindlepreneur, Unfinished Books

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Welcome to my hand-picked best shared tips of the month of October. There’s always something for writers and bloggers! In this edition, Staci Troilo is at the Story Empire, sharing another fantastic formula with us authors for – writing the blurb. D.L. Finn writing for the Story Empire, shares some tips on ‘writing scary’. Hugh Roberts with two new, helpful blogging tips, showing us how to protect our blogs, and new WordPress changes. I’m sharing another article from the Kindlepreneur about how to work with keywords on Amazon for our books, since their changes. And finally, Deborah Jay shares a great post on why we may not finish reading a book – DNF.

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Staci Troilo at the Story Empire on Writing the Blurb and shares her Formula

Blurbs

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Hugh Roberts has a new Tutorial on Four Easy Ways to Protect our Blogs

Is Your Blog Under Attack? Yes, It Is. 4 Easy Ways You Can Protect It

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Hugh Roberts helps us discover where mysteriously Hidden Link Boxes are in our WordPress Editor

WordPress Changes: This Is Now How To Find The ‘Open In New Tab’ Box.

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The Kindlepreneur with updates to help choose the right Categories for our Books

7 Kindle Keywords: Use All 50 Characters or Not?

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Denise Finn at the Story Empire on tips for writing ‘scary’

SCARY WRITING

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Deborah Jay discusses elements in a book which cause us not to finish reading – DNF

7 reasons I don’t finish (or even start!) a novel #DNF

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HAPPY READING!

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Writer’s Tips September Edition – Filter Words, #Blogging Tips, Spam, #Scams, #Loglines, #Amazon

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Welcome to my September edition of best curated tips for authors and bloggers. In this edition, Diana Peach on Tightening Prose, Hugh Roberts with useful hidden WordPress Tools and How to Clean Out WordPress Spam, Anne R. Allen shares the Latest Author/Writer Scams, and what Amazon is doing to author’s book pages, and Staci Troilo shares her formula for writing Loglines.

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Diana Peach is at the Story Empire, sharing how to eliminate filter words

Tightening our Prose: Filter Words

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Hugh Roberts shows us some useful hidden Tools on our WordPress blogs and how to use

9 Hidden Useful Tools You May Not Know About On The Posts Page Of A WordPress Blog

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Hugh Roberts with a comprehensive tutorial on how to clear our Spam and Spammy Subscribers

How To Spot And Remove Spammers And Spambots From Your WordPress Blog

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Anne R. Allen has the latest Scams on Authors/Writers – Authors Beware!

The Latest Writing Scams Authors Need to Watch out For

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Staci Troilo at the Story Empire shares a simple formula for drilling down to a Logline for our books

Loglines

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Anne R. Allen on Amazon Author Book Pages Change

Amazon Removes the “Look Inside” Feature: Resistance is Futile

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Writer’s Tips, June Edition – Reader Scout, Writer Scams, Punctuation, Blurb Generator, and Book Categories tools from the #Kindlepreneur

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Welcome to my best picks in helpful articles for writers and bloggers for June. In this collaboration we have three helpful tools from the Kindlepreneur – Reader Scout, Book Categories, and Blurb Generator, as well as Writer Scams to beware of, How to add a Reuseable Block in WordPress, and Converting videos to MP4.

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The Kindlepreneur offers a new Free tool to track book reviews – Reader Scout

https://kindlepreneur.com/readerscout/

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The Kindlepreneur simplifies the best way to choose our book’s categories

Amazon Book Categories: My Secret Method to Choose Clear Winners

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The Kindlepreneur offers his Book Description Tool for helping to write the Blurb

Kindlepreneur Book Description Generator

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Anne R. Allen offers up good tips on current Writer Scams to beware of

10 Facts Writers Need to Know to Stay Safe from Scammers

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Hugh Roberts with another great blogging tip – Creating resuseable blocks in the WordPress editor

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2023/05/15/what-is-a-reusable-block-on-wordpress-how-to-create-one-and-save-yourself-lots-of-time/comment-page-1/?unapproved=168326&moderation-hash=c479074c878d84fb34e0dd0e7e87b974#comment-168326

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From Janice Wald at Mostly Blogging, learn how to convert Youtube clips into MP4s

https://www.mostlyblogging.com/youtube-clip-to-mp4/

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Do you get confused if two adjectives require a comma or not? Quick lesson reminder from Anneli Purchase

Commas and Adjectives

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I hope you will enjoy some of these helpful articles and find them useful for your own blogs and books.

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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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