Monday Blogs

What is #MondayBlogs? Created by @RachelintheOC/@BadRedheadMedia, who wanted a way for writers/bloggers to grow our followings/visibility. Learn how to use this blog-sharing hashtag - see post badredheadmedia.com/2025/07/18/wha… 💥NO book promo, NO porn. Plz use a different hashtag.

🔵 How My Dad's Simple Rules Built a Lifetime of Character and Respect | Jeff Burgess @WorkedForMeBook ow.ly/4IMT50YjJGU My dad was respected and an honest man. He had many friends, many of whom were employees. #MondayBlogs

Substack Made Simple Part II: Why Your Posts Aren’t Being Found (And Small Fixes That Help) | @BadRedheadMedia geni.us/SubstackMadeSi… How small setup choices affect our discoverability and what to do about it. #MondayBlogs

💥🎧 How to Sell and Market Your Audiobook: Tips for Authors Ready to Be Heard | @BadRedheadMedia geni.us/MarketAudioboo… If you've produced an audiobook, you're not done when the last word is recorded. Now your marketing journey begins. #MondayBlogs

LIVE, with Author, Survivor, and Business Owner Rachel Thompson @RachelintheOC aka @BadRedheadMedia on the @BillyDees Podcast | via @GoodpodsHQ ow.ly/LHhH50TR2Cg #MondayBlogs

NEW POST: Chatting to author Stephen Oram this week about his brilliant near future sci fi novel “We Are Not Anonymous” - join us! bootsshoesandfashion.com/author-intervi… @OramStephen #MondayBlogs #MondayReads

Skeletal Prose - Open Book Blog Hop #520 authorkwilliams.com/2026/03/skelet… via @KWilliamsAuthor #OpenBook #MondayBlogs

Last night I dreamt of you, after all these years, and you were lying in my arms... and it was like something out of a romance novel only better because, at last, you were mine. In the Thin Places (a memoir in poem) | @DrAlexandriaSZ buff.ly/3OYJUFv #MondayBlogs

🖋 Writing Links Round Up 3/16 #MondayBlogs #WritingLinks buff.ly/fHxvCV3

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#MondayBlogs 🔵 How Mandela and One Remarkable Prosecutor Proved Redemption Is Possible | @AndrewDKaufman ow.ly/Bg3C50XNK21 Moral courage, radical compassion, and imagining a new way forward A version of this article was originally published in December 2023. I’m sharing it again now, two years later, because its questions feel even more urgent—and because December marks the anniversary of Mandela’s passing, and the birth of something new in my own classroom. Twelve years ago this month, the world lost one of its greatest moral leaders. As we close out what’s been another turbulent year, I want to pause and remember Nelson Mandela, who reminds us that people can change, that we can rise above our circumstances, and that humanity is still worth believing in. Mandela’s Long Journey to Redemption Mandela’s life reads like a Russian novel. That’s more than a metaphor. In Long Walk to Freedom, he names War and Peace as his favorite book and one that sustained him during his 27-year incarceration. It taught him, he said, how to lead with love and wisdom in troubled times. Like his beloved Russian author, Mandela was born into a noble family. He rose to prominence in the African National Congress, married and divorced, and watched his political dreams collapse. Eventually, he was sentenced to life in prison after leading a poorly executed nonviolent revolutionary campaign. Yet he emerged with his faith intact. Precisely because he refused to accept that conflict is inevitable or that harmony is naïve, Mandela transformed a country on the brink of civil war into a democracy. He didn’t let prison break him. Instead, he used his pain to create spiritual possibility—not just for himself, but for others... Click to read the rest or see bio for all links. ow.ly/Bg3C50XNK21

🍃 One Breath: How a Simple Pause Can Transform Care, Parenting, and Everyday Life | @AAlfanoAuthor ow.ly/pCb250XNKnX How one intentional breath can steady your body, soften hard moments, and bring calm. #MondayBlogs

#MondayBlogs 🔵 Why I Donate All My Book Profits to the Wounded Warrior Project by @WorkedForMeBook by Jeff Burgess ow.ly/f8Vv50YstfA Ever since the publication of my memoir, people have occasionally asked why I chose to donate all book profits to the @WWP. Here's why...

For a winter cruise to Norway, we enjoyed our first ocean cruise with Viking Cruises. retiredandtravelling.com/first-viking-c… #MondayBlogs @visitnorway @RegionStavanger @visitBergen

Author Emma Lane, who writes cozy mysteries as Janis Lane, takes the good with the bad to balance out her writing, gardening, and personal life when the unexpected happens... sharonledwith.blogspot.com/2026/03/take-g… #writerslife #gardening#cozymysteries #MondayBlogs #IARTG

Open Book Blog Hop – 16th March 2026 authorstevensmith.co.uk/2026/03/16/ope… #OpenBook #MondayBlogs

"Once I #reframe my thought, I immediately feel lighter. The weight of #guilt, frustration, anger and #blame lifts. I set myself free from the trappings of my own #thoughts.": buff.ly/lIH3izi #MondayBlogs #depression #positivity #ChronicIllness

We welcome Gail Grant Park from Boise, Idaho to the podcast and hear about her inspiring journey as an independent author and how her cultural experiences influence her storytelling. Worth your time! carsonhume.com/2026/03/15/gai… #mondayblogs #writingcommunity

Do Traditional Publishers Market Your Book for You? Here’s the Truth | @BadRedheadMedia geni.us/TradPublishers What publishers provide, what they don’t, and why authors still need their own marketing strategy. #MondayBlogs