Facebook is my happy place. I spend A LOT of time there managing Pages for non-profits and small businesses and on the side I help writers trying to figure out how to tame the gorilla. One of the most common questions I get asked is, when should I start building…
Author: Lisa Hall-Wilson
Does Facebook Lie?
**Warning – About to climb on a soapbox** I receive messages and people tag me on Facebook asking questions. Totally cool – I love helping people whenever I can. One of the most common complaints I see on FB is about reach stats. What do you mean that ALL of…
Facebook Shut Down My Profile!
I received the above frantic message from an author this week looking for help. Unfortunately there wasn’t much I could do because I don’t have the Zuck on speed dial. The author, in hindsight, had a few ideas on why that happened but bottom line – they had over 5000…
Ready, Set – FAIL
What if God’s plan for your new ministry, new job, new relationship is for it to fail? What do we do with that? Sorry I haven’t blogged for a while. I’m reading through the book of Isaiah with my mentor. We’ve never been to seminary. We’re not biblical scholars, but…
5 Substantive Editing Tips For Pantsers
What is substantive editing? There are different levels of editing and most writers only concern themselves with the last level of editing – copy editing. This is the nitty-gritty one word at a time editing where you’re checking spelling and grammar. Substantive editing is the big picture editing. Does your…
What Does Your Writing Cost You?
The very best writing we’ll ever do is the kind that forces you to rally your courage, expose yourself emotionally, by putting your thoughts and opinions out for critique whether it’s pitching an agent, in a blog post, an article or book. But that’s only part of the cost though,…