[Video] The Best Strategies for Book Marketing video resource Aug 23, 2023

Book marketing is overwhelming and the amount of advice can be exhausting. Emily Enger of Good Enough Book Marketing recommends two of the best strategies to promote your book: Ads and trade...

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[Podcast] Author Josh Rutherford on Applying Screenwriting Principles to a Fantasy Book Series 3 honing the writing craft podcast post Aug 21, 2023

I know what you’re thinking: “How are screenwriting principles applicable to writing a book?”

It seems farfetched, right?

Book writing is tens of thousands of words of prose....

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[Webinar] 5 Places Where New Writers Get Stuck webinar Aug 14, 2023

Learning to write for publication is something every person can do.

Whether you want to start a blog, write for your nonprofit newsletter, publish an article, or even a book - you can do it!

But...

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[Webinar] Conducting the Right Kind of Research for Your Nonfiction Book webinar Aug 14, 2023

When people read your book, it's because they expect you to be the expert. That expertise is built upon your experience, of course.

Experience alone isn’t enough.

Your book also needs...

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[Webinar] 5 Lessons from a Self-Published Memoirist webinar Aug 14, 2023

Christina Quist, author of Kaleidoscope: absurdly short stories of traveling and unraveling, candidly talks about topics every first-time memoirist has questions about, including:

  • How to define...
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[Webinar] Create a Writing Ritual that Works webinar Aug 14, 2023

Most every successful writer has at least one writing ritual.

Rituals can be bizarre, like certain smells (rotten apples) or sounds (trains or the background noise of a coffee shop). But rituals...

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[Webinar] Overcoming the Barriers to Completing Your Writing Project webinar Aug 14, 2023

Are you ready to make the next push in your writing project?

Without a deadline, most of us struggle to complete a writing project. The writing project can hang in limbo for years. Sometimes even...

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[Webinar] How to Identify and Develop Your Writing Voice webinar Aug 14, 2023

Developing your voice is part of the writing journey.

And something you're always working on as a writer.

A unique voice engages your reader. 

But how do you develop your writing voice?

After...

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[Video] The Payoff of Cultivating Relationships When Promoting and/or Publishing Your Book video resource Aug 14, 2023

When it comes to book publication and promotion, a writer needs connections. From literary agents to publishers to authors within your genre, cultivated relationships are instrumental to the...

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[Tipster] The Discipline of Growing a Following for Your Writing tipster post Aug 11, 2023

I guess I’m a gardener now. I do that gardener thing.

Every morning, I brew my coffee, slip on my Adidas slides, and head out back to do my daily garden walk. 

I poke around to see...

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[Video] The Importance of a Good First Chapter video resource Aug 08, 2023

A good first chapter is oftentimes the reader's deciding point of whether or not they'll buy a book. Literary agent Don Gates encourages writers to review their first chapter. 

Is your first...

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[Tipster] How to Use Dialogue in Your Book tipster post Aug 04, 2023

I loaned my sister a book last week.

She was in a reading slump. So, I offered her a romance novel I thought she might enjoy.

The first night she read, she told me she was skimming sections. She...

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