So my telling creative writers not to launch a blog may seem a bit hypocritical, coming from someone who has blogged off and on for more than twenty years, and even taught blogging through The Loft Literary Center. I certainly don't want to kill anyone's dreams. That said, I think in 2020 most published authors …
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Road to Publication: The Story Comes Full Circle
So Committed: A Memoir of the Artist's Road features dozens of artists I interviewed on a 2010 cross-country road trip. Last week one of those artists interviewed me for a podcast on her Boise, Idaho, radio station. Singer/songwriter by night and DJ by day, Rochelle Smith also posted a review of Committed on the radio …
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Road to Publication: Asking for Help
In my day job I sell people on the merits of my employer; that is what we do in public relations. One of the things I like about PR is that I'm promoting work that is not mine and people who are not me. That is much harder to do when the product is my …
Road to Publication: Questions to Ask Before Building an Artist Website
I've owned a personalized domain name (patrick-ross.com) for about fifteen years, but have done little with it during that time. For the past four years I have focused on this free WordPress site instead. But with Committed: A Memoir of the Artist's Road publishing this October, I knew it was time to do something with …
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Do Authors Need Two Facebook Pages?
It should come as no surprise that since signing a publishing contract for Committed: A Memoir of the Artist's Road, my mind has turned to marketing. It also isn't a secret to longtime readers of this blog that while I find Twitter somewhat intuitive, the secrets of Facebook elude me. So I'm pleased to have …
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