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5 Tips For Building A Community Of Readers
Finding an audience is essential for every writer. Karen Lock Kolp shares her favorite ways to…
Book Marketing: 16 Ways To Market Your Audiobook
Audio is the fastest-growing segment in publishing. This will likely accelerate as book consumption moves further…
Book Marketing: Get The Most From Your Author Website
Your author website is the only marketing platform you can completely control. It is the online…
Overcoming The 7 Marketing Struggles Every Author Faces
Every author, regardless of the way they publish, needs to think about marketing their books. Troy…
How To Get Your Book Into Libraries And Bookstores With Mark Leslie Lefebvre
We are writers, but we are readers first! Many of us grew up in the corners…
Writing Tips: 6 Secrets To Becoming A More Productive Writer
We all have the same 24 hours in a day. What we do with that time…
A Career In Writing With Danielle Trussoni
The publishing industry has changed so much in the last decade and in today’s interview, I…
Writing Confidently In A Genre With Perceived Stigma
We live in a judgmental world and fear of judgment is certainly something I come up…
Writing Tips: Hooking Readers With Characters They Care About
Your protagonist is the reader’s doorway into your story. As author Florence Osmund shares, if you…
Writing Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Writer’s Block
As authors, writing is both our joy and our business. Carolyn Grady explores what we can…
Writing Tips: Using Authentic Dialogue From Languages Other Than English
Many of our books feature characters with languages other than English, but how can we be…
From Blog To Book And Repurposing Content With Amy Woods
Writing a non-fiction book can provide you with authority in your niche, lead-gen for your speaking…
Writing Crime: Myths And Misconceptions About The FBI With Jerri Williams
Most of us are law-abiding citizens, but it’s clear that writers and readers are obsessed with…
Empowering Authors Around Copyright With Rebecca Giblin
Your author career is in your hands. Publishers are not charities and even if you have…
13 Writing Tips for Non-native English Authors
Choosing the right words is a challenge for every writer but for those who speak English…
7 Tips For Researching A Novel
Research is an important part of the novel-writing process and the internet makes discovering new information…
What Authors Can Learn About Writing From Teaching Others
Teaching others about writing is a common stream of income for authors. In this article, Gregg…
Operation Evergreen: My Creative And Business Goals For 2020
I love the New Year! It really is my favorite time of the year and I…
Reflections On A Decade Of Self-Publishing With Joanna Penn And Orna Ross
Joe Konrath, one of the early US indies, said that “2009 will go down in publishing…
Productivity For Authors: Find Time to Write, Organize your Author Life, and Decide what Really Matters. Out Now!
Do you want to write more but feel frustrated at your lack of time? Are you…
Writing Tips: What Writers Can Learn From Bodybuilders
Writers know that there is always room for improvement in terms of our craft. In this…
Writing Tips: Common Mistakes In Police Procedurals
Accuracy and authenticity are important in every kind of story but this is particularly true in…
Writing Tips: Using Beats To Keep Readers Emotionally Engaged
Emotionally engaged readers are the ones that will buy and recommend your books. They will become…
How To Outline A Non-Fiction Book So Readers Can’t Put It Down
By their very nature, many non-fiction books have the clear intention of helping their readers. Author…