Take Advantage of Your Book Description
Amazon gives you 4,000 characters for your book description. That’s a lot of space to craft a compelling blurb, but a longer blurb...
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- Apr 24
- 3 min
Cliffhanger Book Endings: Pros and Cons
Cliffhangers are staples of many successful self-published books. Love them or hate them, it can be hard to find a selling series...
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- Apr 17
- 1 min
Define Your Author Goal: Quiz
People write for different reasons, and people also choose self-publishing for different reasons. While you probably have an idea...
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- Apr 10
- 3 min
The Truth about AI Book Editors
Over the past few months, the author community has been abuzz with the recent AI developments and what they mean for writers.
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- Apr 3
- 2 min
Self-Publishing Secrets: Fear of Success
The biggest barrier to your publishing success is you.
The above statement is true in many different ways, but at the end of the day...
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- Mar 27
- 4 min
Writing to Market: How to Target The Right Audience for Your Book
If you want your book to sell, you’ll need an audience to sell it to. That means that you’ll go much further if you know how to...
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- Mar 13
- 4 min
5 Questions to Guide You to Your Most Lucrative Genre
The gold-rush days of self-publishing are over. If you want to turn writing fiction into a career, you’ll need to use your head.
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- Feb 13
- 4 min
The Top 5 Sins of Debut Authors
Most people dream of writing a book at some point in their lives, but very few sit down and complete the task. Out of those...
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- Jan 16
- 3 min
Series Connectivity: Umbrella Scenarios vs. Unified Narratives
If you’ve decided that you want to turn fiction writing into a career or a profitable side gig...
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- Jan 9
- 3 min
Top 3 Places to Share Your Reader Magnet
For the purpose of this article, let’s define a reader magnet as a short story, novella, or novel...
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- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
5 Writing Communities You Can Join Now
You’re more likely to stick with and finish a project if you have a community behind you...
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- Oct 17, 2022
- 5 min
5 Ways Your Word Count Goal is Holding You Back
Every year at about this time, people start prepping for NaNoWriMo. This novel-in-a-month challenge attracts pros and new writers alike...
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- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
Will Your Book Idea Sell? Ideation and Vetting Tips and Tricks
If you want to get serious about publishing your book, this is one of the most important questions you will need to ask...
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- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Author Blog: Nonfiction for Fiction Writers
The golden age of blogging is over, but nonfiction itself continues to be popular. Whether you want to help others, turn your writing...
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- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
Group Promos & Mailer Swaps: Your Secret Weapon
No one wants to waste thousands of dollars on a failed promotion campaign for a book. Promotions are essential—especially when you’re new...
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- Sep 8, 2022
- 4 min
9 Best Writing Apps for Your Phone
These days, you can do almost everything on your phone or tablet. How does that scale with writing a novel?
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- Aug 25, 2022
- 2 min
Do You Need A Reader Magnet?
Let’s face it: producing a free piece of writing for readers isn’t always convenient. You’re busy, book production is expensive, and...
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- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
Improve Your Writing with Editing Side-Gigs
Editing is one of the most popular side gigs for authors. That’s not just because of the paycheck. Editing others’ books advances...
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- Aug 18, 2022
- 6 min
Top 5 Reasons to Learn Book Cover Design
Many authors want to learn cover design at some point. It’s fun, artsy, and a great way to bring your mythos to a new dimension.
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- Aug 11, 2022
- 3 min
Tropes: Helpful Tools or Damaging Cliches?
A city slicker.
A fashionista.
A character dropping or spilling her favorite food.
A villain’s dramatic speech...
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