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Writing: A Form of Therapy? Or a Source of Insights? – by Jami Gold…As writers, we often joke about how writing can act as therapy. We writers have been known to explore issues, hopes, or fears through our stories. None of this should come as a surprise to readers.…
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Writing Tips: 4 Mistakes To Avoid When Creating Your Protagonist – by Sacha Black…on The Creative Penn: We writers have a habit of falling for our carefully crafted heroes. I mean, after spending 70,000 odd words with them, what can we expect? It’s only natural we lose the abili…
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The Title Of Your Novel Is What? (Revisited)Reblogged on WordPress.com
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Looking For Some Free Blogging Tips? Check These out. #ThrowbackThursdayReblogged on WordPress.com
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Make Your Copyright Page PopReblogged on WordPress.com
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Fantasy Sub-GenresReblogged on WordPress.com
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Why Authors Should Throw Out Their Timeline For Success – by Bonnie Baguley…on The Creative Penn: We all want to know how to become more successful authors – but the main question you need to answer is: What is your definition of success? Once you have defined that, you ca…
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Homophones: Two, Too, and To – by Melissa Donovan…on Writing Forward: One of our readers wrote in to ask about the homophones too and to: “I was trying to find something on how and when to use ‘to and too’ I am having trouble in that area. I have …
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3 Ways to Define the Essence of Our Character – by Jami Gold…Last time, we talked about how to make sure our characters are unique and distinct by layering different aspects, from personality and worldview to how they interact with others and use coping skil…
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What Are Backlinks And Why Are They Vital For Your Blog? – by Derek Haines…on Just Publishing Advice: What are backlinks? You create a backlink when you add website links to external sites. On most web pages or more often, in a blog post, external links are added using an…
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Naming Characters #amwritingReblogged on WordPress.com
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Writer Flexibility: Trying New Things – by Jami Gold…Even though I’ve studied story structure enough to teach workshops and offer beat sheets, I still love learning new perspectives. I still read blog posts, check out Twitter threads, and pick up boo…
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Dear Author: Stop giving everything away for free if you are trying to run a BusinessReblogged on WordPress.com
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Self-Expression in Creative Writing – by Melissa Donovan…on Writing Forward: A lot of young people first come to creative writing because they have a burning desire to express themselves. Emotions are running high, ideas are flying, and opinions are in f…
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A Writer’s Guide… to Boats and ShipsReblogged on WordPress.com
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350 Other Words For Said For Your Dialogue Writing – by Derek Haines…on Just Publishing Advice: Do you need synonyms for said? Dialogue tags should be used as a seasoning and not as the main ingredient in your writing. Readers have a blind spot for the word said, so…
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Synopsis Writing: A Step By Step MethodReblogged on WordPress.com
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No Time To Write AND Market Your Book? This Should Help – by Kimberley Grabas…on The Book Designer: Intro by Joel Friedlander: Every New Years I talk to authors who have big writing and publishing plans for the new year. And yes, as you know, most of them never pan out. Does…
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Back Up Your Writing! – Guest Post by Jaq D Hawkins…I was a relative latecomer to the computer age. As a writer, I went from typewriter to dedicated word processor and my files were kept on floppy disk. Remember those? I also still have rather a lot…
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Using Twitter For Your Author PlatformReblogged on WordPress.com
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Your No. 1 Secret Weapon: Writing Communities – by Katrin Schumann…on Jane Friedman site: I’ve always found people who make movies to be awe-inspiring—in order to evoke a world and a story on screen, they need to work together with dozens of other professionals, f…
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How to be a writer (without having to ask, “Do you want fries with that”?) #humorReblogged on WordPress.com
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Adventures in Self-Publishing – 1.3 – the basics – Smashwords 1.1Reblogged on WordPress.com
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How to convey accents in fiction writing: Beyond phonetic spelling – by Louise Harnby…This article offers guidance on how to self-edit your fiction writing so that accents don’t become the primary story. Do your characters speak with an accent? All of us speak in ways that are disti…
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Questions to Consider When Plotting a Scene – by C.S.Lakin…on Jane Friedman site: Some writers can sit at their computers, come up with an idea for a scene, and start writing. If they’re experienced novelists, they might write a pretty good scene out the g…
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12 SEO Tips to Drive Traffic and Sell Books – by Lee Foster…on The Book Designer: Sometimes truly happy events occur in the life of a writer/author/publisher who is posting articles on a blog/website. The writer usually hopes to gain audience share, possibl…
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The sound of the narrative #amwritingReblogged on WordPress.com
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Amazon Advertising for KDP Authors in 2019Reblogged on WordPress.com
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Writing Tips: Every Word Matters – by Melissa Donovan…on Writing Forward: Have you ever seen the movie Throw Momma From the Train? It’s a classic 80s comedy about the hilarious misadventures of a writing instructor (Billy Crystal) and one of his stude…
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How To Write A Book With The Very Best Writing Software Tools – by Derek Haines…on Just Publishing Advice: Writing and publishing a book today means you need the best tools A lot of people have a great book idea. Writing and publishing a book with today’s technology is easy. A…
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How Could 1 Body Decompose at 3 Different Rates? – by Sue Coletta…In late November/early December, something on a Discovery ID show blew my mind. On the dramatization of this real case, the detectives investigated a dead body found in the Oregon forest. Nothing n…
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25-year-old Kenyan invents smart gloves that convert sign language movements into audio speech – by George Tubei…on Business Insider by Pulse More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and must rely on sign language. Roy Allela’s six-year-old niece was born deaf and found it extremel…
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The Proofreader #amwritingReblogged on WordPress.com
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New Writing Scams to Look Out for in 2019 – by Anne R. Allen…Predators are on the lookout for scammable new or discouraged writers. As long as there are writers, there will be writing scams. Hungry predators will always be lying in wait, ready to pounce on a…
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A Writer’s Guide… to being a Teacher (in the UK)Reblogged on WordPress.com
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How Celebrating Diversity Can Make Your Ad Campaigns BetterReblogged on WordPress.com
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Creating an Audiobook Using ACX – My Experience – Part 3 of 3Reblogged on WordPress.com
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Creative Writing Prompts for Crafting Compelling Imagery – by Melissa Donovan…on Writing Forward: Today I’d like to share a collection of prompts from 1200 Creative Writing Prompts, which contains a variety of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writing prompts. Some of the prom…
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Is There a “Morality Clause” in Your Book Contract? Better Look.Reblogged on WordPress.com
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Creating an Audiobook Using ACX – My Experience – Part 2 of 3Reblogged on WordPress.com
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5 ways to improve the way you run your editing and proofreading business – by Louise Harnby…Here are 5 things you can do in the year ahead to put a shine on the way you run your editing and proofreading business,
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List of 50 Poetic Forms for Poets by Robert Lee Brewer via Writer’s DigestReblogged on WordPress.com
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How To Publish A Book The Right Way To Reach More Readers – by Derek Haines…on Just Publishing Advice: Are you ready to publish your new book? Stop for a moment before you jump into publishing your new title on Amazon Direct Publishing (KDP), Draft2Digital or Smashwords. C…
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The Rejection Survival KitReblogged on WordPress.com
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Creating an Audiobook Using ACX – My Experience – Part 1 of 3Reblogged on WordPress.com
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How Developmental Editing Improves Your Writing – by Melissa Donovan…on Writing Forward: We usually think of editing as a process that cleans up our grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. But developmental editing is a little different. A developmen…
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Round-Up Of 2018 Writing Goals And Lessons Learned – by Joanna Penn…Another year turns! 2018 has been a big one for me as I reached 10 years of The Creative Penn. Considering many new companies don’t make it past 5 years, and many writers don’t make it …
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Audio Book Creation TipsReblogged on WordPress.com
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How to remove your paperback from KDP Expanded Distribution to sell your book via IngramSpark – by Jay Artale…on Birds of a Feather Press: Switching from Amazon Expanded Distribution I use different distribution models for my various ebooks, some are enrolled in Amazon KDP Select, some are consolidated thr…
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Happy New Year! Get a Fresh Start – by Jami Gold…Yay! We survived another year! I don’t know about you, but sometimes that goal feels rather iffy during the year, so yes, surviving is an accomplishment. *smile* The New Year is a time of wrap-ups …
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