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How to Land an Agent for a Graphic NovelToday’s post is by graphic novelist K. Woodman-Maynard ( @woodmanmaynard ). First off, you do not need an agent to get into...
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Book Family Tree: A New Way to Think About Your BookPhoto by veeterzy Today’s post is by author Ilana DeBare . Choosing good comparable titles can be a brain-busting challenge...
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How to Deal With Rejection: Celebrate!Today’s post is excerpted from Stop Waiting for Perfect by L’Oreal Thompson Payton ( @ltinthecity ), published by BenBella Books....
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An Unconventional Facebook Ads Strategy for AuthorsToday’s post is by book advertising consultant Matt Holmes ( @MatthewJHolmes1 ). From April 2020 through to November...
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First Page Critique: How to Better Establish the Tone in Your OpeningPhoto by Sonia Dauer on Unsplash Ask the Editor is a column for your questions about the editing process and editors themselves. It...
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I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires)Update: Hours after this post was published, my Goodreads profile was cleaned of the offending titles. However, the garbage books remain...
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Wattpad Authors Who’ve Gone From Page to ScreenThis summer, Wattpad is running their 14th annual Watty Awards , the company’s annual global writing competition. It’s open to writers in...
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Pay Yourself to WritePhoto by Andre Taissin on Unsplash Today’s post is by author, editor and coach Jessica Conoley . If you want to be the...
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Building Your Brand on TikTok Isn’t Curation, It’s Authenticity“ To Thine Own Self Be True ” by futureshape is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Today’s post is by author Kerry Chaput ....
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Decide Where You’re Standing in Time as You Write Your MemoirPhoto by Donald Wu on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted from Blueprint for a Memoir by Jennie Nash , founder of...
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What Character Arc Isn’tPhoto by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Today’s post is by regular contributor Susan DeFreitas , an award-winning author, editor, and book...
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The Peril and Promise of Writing in First-Person POVPhoto by Gaetano Cessati on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Amy L. Bernstein . Writing a novel is all about making...
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Why Preparing a TED Talk Makes You a Better Memoirist (Even If You Never Intend to Get on Stage)Today’s post is by author and book coach Suzette Mullen . A couple of months ago I did something that left me feeling somewhere...
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Pitch Yourself Before You Pitch Your BookToday’s post is by author Catherine Baab-Muguira . Join her on Wednesday, July 26, for the online class The Author Platform...
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It Might Be Time for a Reality Check on Your Writing GoalsPhoto by Robert Șerban Today’s guest post is excerpted from A Small Steps Guide to Goal Setting & Time Management by writer and...
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The Forgotten Element of Story: The AuthorPhoto by Noah Buscher on Unsplash Today’s post is by book coach and Enneagram teacher Dani Abernathy . Have you ever...
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Gray Space: Making Room for the ReaderPhoto by Karolina Grabowska Today’s post is by author and book coach Janet S Fox . Elision is not a word that is often used...
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How My Newsletter Helped Me Land an Agent and a Big Five Book DealToday’s post is by author Nancy Reddy (Instagram: @nancy.o.reddy ). I’d been querying agents for nearly two years when I got a...
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Villain Logic: The Key to Solving Your Thriller’s Climax BlockPhoto by cottonbro studio Today’s post is by author and book coach Samantha Skal ( @samanthaskal ). Writing a tightly...
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Book Files and Formats: How to Protect Your Writing Investment“Safe” by rpongsaj is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Today’s post is by David Wogahn, the author of Countdown to Book Launch...
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8 Tips for Authors to Boost Their HomepagePhoto by Kieran Murphy on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and website designer Camilla Monk ( @camilla_monk ). I come...
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Is Deep Third an Actual POV?Photo by Thiago Matos Today’s post is by editor Tiffany Yates Martin ( @FoxPrintEd ). Join her on Wednesday, July 12 for the...
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How to Write a Nonfiction Book Chapter Without TearsPhoto by Akhilesh Sharma on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from the recently published Build a Better Business...
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What Makes a Novel Stand Out on Submission?Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash Today’s post is by regular contributor Susan DeFreitas ( @manzanitafire ), an...
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I Hired ChatGPT As My Writing CoachToday’s post is by author Audrey Kalman ( @audreykalman ). On April 7, frustrated with my progress on a third full...
