https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Tue, 04 Feb 2025 03:34:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/11/an-honest-letter-to-the-scared-writer/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/11/an-honest-letter-to-the-scared-writer/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:07:32 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=35188 Steena Holmes   Hey. Hi. Yes, hi. To you, the one who is hiding behind the screen, playing with a manuscript you’ve worked for years on. You, the one who joins every group she can find on publishing and writing and being an author. You, the one who really wants to write but is too […]

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The post How My Writing Destroys Me first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2015/01/how-my-writing-destroys-me/feed/ 36 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/07/the-how-and-why-of-author-newsletters/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/07/the-how-and-why-of-author-newsletters/#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:00:35 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=8423 by Steena Holmes In my last post, I talked about Street Teams and using my newsletter to connect with my readers. It raised a few questions about newsletters to which I replied “but that’s another blog.” The ladies at WITS took me up on that. So today we’re going to talk about … Newsletters. Some […]

The post The How and Why of Author Newsletters first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/07/the-how-and-why-of-author-newsletters/feed/ 46 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/05/street-teams-why-you-need-one-and-how-to-create-one/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/05/street-teams-why-you-need-one-and-how-to-create-one/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 08:00:44 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=8289 Note: Congratulations to Robin Kramme, winner of the giveaway by Melissa Cutler! Writers In The Storm is thrilled to welcome Steena Holmes. There’s one key aspect to writing that authors either love or hate. Promotion. We either find it exciting and can’t wait to dive in or we fortify ourselves with pots of coffee followed […]

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