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Blog your book – how to get started

Blog your book

In my post Blogging your way to a book I highlighted the advantages of writing a book piece by piece (or blog by blog) rather than attempting to sit down and write a full-length book. So now here are some tips

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Write a blog post that tells a story by following these simple tips

Write a blog post that tells a story

It doesn’t matter whether you are blogging your way to an entire family history, or the complete story of your life story, or any other non-fiction genre, if you write a blog post that tells a story it will help to draw

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How to write a blog post – getting the basics right

Some basic writing tips

If you have seen my blog posts Choosing a blog platform and Setting up a free WordPress blog in five easy steps you will have discovered that setting up a blog using a blogging platform such as WordPress is quite easy even for the

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Setting up a free WordPress blog in five easy steps

Setting up a free WordPress blog

In my blog post Choosing a blog platform, I explained the differences between hosted and self-hosted blogs and why a hosted, free option is probably the best choice for fledgling bloggers. So, now read on to find out how setting up a free WordPress blog (one

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Choosing a blog platform

Choosing a blog platform

In my blog Blogging your way to a book I included some reasons why writing regular blog posts is a great way of building up a book piece by piece. If you have been convinced (or at least tempted) that blogging is the way to

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Blogging your way to a book

Blogging your way to a book

Whether you want to write a full-length life story, a family or local history or shorter works such as a memoir, travel stories, nostalgic memories, etc., adopting a piece-by-piece approach is far less daunting than sitting down to tackle a complete book. And, what

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