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New Authors Community.

I'm Tom Blubaugh, CEO of Common Sense Marketing Strategies, LLC and Tom Blubaugh Literary Strategist, LLC. My corporations and I are developing an online authors community--authors helping authors--a new concept for a writing community. You will be doing yourself an...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….” Part I

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...." This is a partial quote from Charles Dickens a Tale of two Cities and sounds a lot like the world of authors today. On the one hand we have access to nearly the whole world through the Internet —...

Do You Struggle to Find Time for Writing?

So many authors and writers share their struggle to find time for writing.  This creative need drops by the wayside as they care for family, deal with health issues, and work full or part-time. I totally get it!   Barbara, my wife, raised four children as a...

Do you really understand social media?

Social media is shrinking the world. We can communicate with as many people as we have time for domestically and internationally. You might be surprised at the number of social media platforms available. Here is a link to a list I found on Wikipedia. Does this list...

“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” Yoda

Writing a book is not for the faint of heart, but if you are called to do so, you won’t rest until it’s done. There are numerous reasons for you not to write a book. But for every reason that you come up with, there at least two reasons why you should. Here’s the top...

Developing Customer Relations as an Author

When you sat down to write your book, little did you know that you would become a customer service representative as a result of doing so. In today’s marketplace, the best way to build a tribe is through relationship marketing.  That literally means that you will have...

What are you branding?

Authors/writers try to brand many things, but the most important components of your image are your name and your face. If you brand these two, your followers will find everything linked to you--if you are consistent. If you brand a book, you will have to brand each...

Christian Authors Community

A Community For Christian Authors, By Christian Authors

Christian Book Club

Helping Christian readers find family-friendly books