Category: marketing
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Some Recommended Resources for Writers
Check out K.M. Weiland’s latest article on her blog for writers, Helping Writers Become Authors: The Professional Writing Resources I Use for All Parts of the Writing and Publishing Processes This awesome blog post has several resources I’m going to consider using in the future. I also recently came across the following links for writers…
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Friday’s Findings
Happy Valentines Day. Hope you’re in love … with writing. Here are some fiction writing tips I found. Hope they help you as you write. Wait! 5 Novel Editing Questions to Ask Before Your Book Is Actually Done! The Now Novel PATTERN system for plotting your sci-fi novel Why You Need a Written Story Timeline…
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Author Interview: Lena Wood
Back in the 90s, Lena Wood and I worked as editors at the same publishing company. We reconnected a few years ago when she visited my city and I ended up being one of her beta readers for her latest novel, Storm God. Lena has republished her YA novels with gorgeous new covers. Storm God, however, though…
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Kicking Off the Year With Writing Advice From Authors
I’ve interviewed authors for this blog for the past few years. One question I ask is: What advice do you have for aspiring authors? I collected all the answers in this post. Since it’s the beginning of a new day, a new month, a new year, and a new decade, I thought I’d do round…
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Friday’s Findings
Some articles on writing fiction for your reading pleasure. How to Self-Publish a Book: A Guide for Aspiring Authors Resolving Common Story Issues With “Show, Don’t Tell” The Top 10 Reasons to be Thankful for Self-Publishing Publishing Your Ebook Is Changing on Smashwords Book Covers 101: Tips for Typography
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Infographic Tuesday: The DNA of a Successful Book
Here’s an infographic of who is reading what: Photo by aj povey from Pexels
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Friday’s Findings
Some articles on fiction writing I’ve read lately. Enjoy! Healthy Writing Habits: All in the Wrist And . . . Scene! What Really Drives Your Characters? Do I Need a Platform and If So, How High? You Wrote a Novel. Now What Do You Do With It?
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Infographic Tuesday: How to Build a Book Audience
With social media, an author can build an audience for his or her books from home. But there’s more to it as this infographic from Now Novel indicates. Photo by freestocks.org from Pexels
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Are Writers in Competition With Each Other?
This is something I’ve been wondering about for a while: are writers, especially indie writers, in competition with each other? It’s easy to see another’s writer’s success and become … jealous? Envious? Maybe, on Facebook, you’ve seen a writer you follow sell their latest manuscript, or maybe, on Twitter, an author celebrates selling another hundred…
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