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Tuesday’s Tip: Top 50 Blogs for Writers

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Isn’t that a swell-looking award? All bright and shiny and award-y? Isn’t it swell to get awards?

Okay, technically, I didn’t get the award. The Muffin, WOW’s super blog, won that award. A whole handful of wonderful women writers contribute posts to that blog to make it, according to Tribal Messenger Daily, one of the Top 50 Blogs for Writers.

I know a great many of my regular readers also read (and have contributed excellent posts!) to The Muffin, so I’m sure you’re not surprised to find WOW’s blog on the list. But you may find a few surprises on TMD’s list. And maybe you’ll find a blog gem that you’ve missed. There are blogs for freelancers, fiction writers, non-fiction writers…well, there are 50 blogs, so there’s bound to be a blog to have the writing info just right for you.

Meanwhile, I’m moving closer and closer to the Top 5,000 Blogs for Writers as compiled by someone named Ricky who lives in his mom’s basement. Yay, me!

 

Finding Keepers: A Blog, A Book, and a Market (Oh, My!)

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My, oh my. I love books! And I especially love winning books! So, when I saw that I’d won a copy of Crocodaddy by the gifted (and funny-face-making) Kim Norman, I was pretty much beside myself. Want to know how I won?

Here’s the scoop: I popped into Sally Apokedak’s blog All About Children’s Books. Where she just happened to be giving away Crocodaddy. All I had to do was leave a comment with my own version of a Crocodaddy poem. Actually, I wrote three poems, because that’s the way I roll. Not that it gave me a better chance to win. I’m just lucky at winning books. (Some day I’m going to figure out how to transfer that luck to selling books…but that’s an entirely different post.)

Sally reviews lots of books and participates in blog tours and such, and stopping by to see what she’s schmoozin’ about is a great way to get the scoop on what’s hot in the children’s world of literature. And you might meet a witty author, or win a great book.

And now, because a good market is hard to find, I’m throwing in the call out for Learning Through History. If you’ve got an idea for a thrilling article Ireland-related, circa 19th century, you have till June 15th to send your pitch. Remember that LTH is for readers aged 12 – 17 years.

As promised…a blog, a book, and a market. Oh, my. I’ve outdone myself!