Claps and likes don’t pay the bills.

Just do the work, learn, and put your ideas into action.

Looking to build your authority and sales funnel with guest posting? Aaron Orendorff busts three myths that may be standing in your way of becoming a successful guest blogger.

Commenting on blogs is a simple way to get your name into search engines if you're a new writer. Don't be afraid to de-lurk!

Don't let the hustle and bustle of the approaching holiday season affect your writing productivity—here are 4 ways to stay focused on your book!

I graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in fiction writing. Yeah, that’s a thing. My classes consisted of Intro to Fiction, Journal & Sketchbook, and all sorts of other classes I’m fairly certain my finance-studying peers considered one standard deviation away from The History of Crayons. But I was a slightly different breed than my satchel-carrying, animé-collecting classmates. All throughout college, I asked myself the same question over and over again: “How am I ever going to make a living as a writer?”

Two brain networks appear to play a key role in creativity, according to new research published in the journal NeuroImage. The findings confirm past research that suggested increased cooperation between brain regions linked to both cognitive control and spontaneous processes is associated with heightened creative ability.

An unpublished writer describes how she built a five-figure Twitter following within a year, by helping other writers and engaging on a personal level

Anyone with a paid WordPress blog or a blog that uses jetpack.com are eligible to use it

It’s easy to burn out when writing regular content for your blog. Sometimes the ideas won’t flow and other times there are too many ideas to put into words. But don’t worry. The greatest minds in the copywriting world have already found the solutions.

Hi Rachelle, I’m 62 and about to retire; I’m preparing to dedicate my retirement years to writing full-time. I wonder whether “age discrimination” would enter into my efforts to get published.

Many people have mentioned to me that they wish they were better at crafting headlines for their stories. I’ve discovered that while I don’t always nail my headline, there are a number of folks who struggle with headlines much more than I do.

Write shorter. Much shorter.

Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity

Social media is a game that we all play. We post certain content to appeal to specific audiences, panic if our posts get fewer likes than usual, and try everything in our power to maximize the reach of our accounts. Everything comes down to how many likes and follows you have. But maybe we’re trying the wrong strategies to gain engagement and impressions.

If you’re willing to leave social media confusion behind, you can learn proven social media tactics to increase blog traffic. Here's how.

Producing interesting podcasts is NOT as easy as it seems, but luckily Joe Saul-Sehy (Stacking Benjamins) is here to help us become a better podcast host!

Adapted from the essay “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits” in Essays One. * The following are just my personal pieces of advice.

You can do it too, you just have to put yourself in the right frame of mind

If I was starting over, these are the tools I’d turn to.