One of the things I love about the writing community is how they pitch in when help is needed. Maui has been devastated by wildfires, so a group of authors put together the Books For Maui, a bookish wildfire relief auction to support the community groups working on the ground to provide relief. I donated […]
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ChatGPT just released directions on blocking them from using your website to train their AI. Writers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs especially should consider blocking ChatGPT on their websites. Yesterday I scrapped my morning plans to tell as many people as possible. Today I’m taking a bit more time to explain why it was important enough
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I’m the go-to tech person for many of my web design clients. So I’ve helped more than one writer and small business owner when they thought they smelled a phishing scam. Or (worse) when they were already in the middle of one. Today’s tech tip is about how to avoid phishing scams: how to spot
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One of the most common questions I hear from writers is: when should I start an author website? I hear it from my web design clients, in writers groups, on social media, at conferences, and in critique groups. I’ve been asked versions of this question three times in the last week. The answer is: probably
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You spend a lot of time writing great content for your blog, so it would be nice if more people read it, right? If you want to get more visitors to your blog, this post is for you. You probably also have a goal for blogging. You might be an author trying to connect with
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Being a writer is a lot more than writing these days – writers usually have to market their works, which means a website. That can be super overwhelming when you’re trying to figure it out for the first time. As a web designer, one of my jobs is to relieve that overwhelm. I lead clients
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I design all my clients’ websites in WordPress. It’s a fantastic plaform for writer websites and small business websites because it can grow as your career and your business grow. But “WordPress” has three different meanings which can cause confusion. So let’s go over the definitions and what they mean for you. Disclosure: This post
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Naming things is hard. Naming your business is doubly so. It’s an immense amount of thought and research for a tiny number of words. It’s time well spent! Your small business’ name will impact your success for years. Here’s the step-by-step process I used to pick a name for my small business – and you
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