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Different people come to of writing for very different reasons, but there’s one thing that just about every writer wants: more books. No wait, maybe more time to read them? No, wait, I meant to say that every writer wants another cat. Wait, no, that’s not it either. Hm… oh, right, true as some of those might be, what I […]
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The 2015 Hugos were rather more vexed than in previous years, due to one reason and another. We won’t get into the details here, but what might have been an interesting discussion about art, literature, publishing, and social trends became an relatively ugly brouhaha that both succeeded and failed to succeed in defining this year’s award nominating and awarding processes.
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Andy Warhol once said that “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” There’s some dispute as to who actually coined the phrase, since a photographer named Nat Finkelstein claims that he said it to Warhol previously, and the basic idea dates back to before the Elizabethan era, when the phrase was “nine days’ wonder,” to describe something
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It’s no secret that the Internet loves certain things, with funny cat photos being maybe the most obvious example. A couple of other things that the Internet loves are lists and infographics. It makes sense; after all, there’s a lot to see on the Internet, and lists and infographics are good ways to pack a lot of information into easily-digestible
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We’ve talked before about the advantages of a newsletter, but it never hurts to remind people of easy things they can do to effectively promote themselves. One of the most common questions we’re asked, either when talking to new clients, or when we go to cons, is “What are some results-oriented ways of promoting myself and my writing?” Well, of
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Summer is a great time for reading. School’s out, and it’s probably too darned hot to do much of anything else. That’s why you see so many summer reading and “best books of the summer” lists floating around the Internet. But speaking of the Internet, technology is changing how we approach summer reading, just like it’s changing just about everything
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We’ve blogged before about our copy-writing and ghost-blogging services, which are for people who don’t have time to write, or who don’t enjoy writing, but who still want to post regular content to their websites for SEO purposes. But what about those of you who are happy to craft original content to boost your website’s ranking in the search engines…
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It’s almost the 4th of July, and for many Americans that means blockbuster movies, cookouts, and, of course, fireworks. But fireworks don’t have to be reserved for special occasions; you can set off fireworks any time by creating great content on your website and social media! Think about the feeling you get when you watch a firework display, or the
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SEO is something that you’ve probably seen us writing about a lot here at Clockpunk Studios, but you may still not know exactly what it is, or why you should care about it. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and to put it simply, SEO describes any of a wide variety of tools that are used to make it easier
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Dressing for the Job You Want It’s common business advice to say you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have. Of course, this concedes the point that others judge you (unfairly or otherwise) based on your appearance… but that’s neither here nor there. The truth is, coming in to work looking like a grody schlub
Applying Your Parents’ Advice to the Online Age (Part 2 of 2) Read More »