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Social Media

How to Find Your Agent in < 280 Characters

Author Allison Ashley found her agent using hashtags on Twitter. Here she shares her story and how you can find your agent via Twitter.

  • By Allison Ashley
    Mar 4, 2020
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Self Publishing

Is Hybrid Publishing Right For You?

Are you a bit mystified with the book publishing process? Jennifer Scroggins, executive vice president of the hybrid press KiCam projects, explains what hybrid publishing can do for authors.

  • By Jennifer Scroggins
    Aug 19, 2019
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Overcoming Writer's Block

Re-Thinking Writer's Block

Offering a different perspective on Writer's Block, Will Dowd suggests re-thinking it as an illness. Can writers become stronger after overcoming it?

  • By Will Dowd
    May 15, 2019
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Writing Techniques

Where Do I Start?: The Anatomy of Chapter One

No matter the genre, editing is essential. Audrey Wick and her editor, Julie Sturgeon, give readers a behind-the-scenes peek at the process of editing the first chapter of a manuscript.

  • By Guest Column
    Apr 22, 2019
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The Writer's Life

How to Make Yourself Look Good Without Lying

How should talented, upcoming writers present themselves to editors when pitching articles? Freelance professional Katherine Swarts has a few tips.

  • By Katherine Swarts
    Apr 18, 2019
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Plot

Moves and Counter-Moves: Letting Your Antagonist Drive the Plot

If you're having a hard time coming up with what your protagonist does in the middle of your story, it may help you to figure out what your antagonist is doing.

  • By J. J. Hanna
    Apr 5, 2019
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Overcoming Writer's Block

9 Weird Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

To beat writer's block, a typical problem among writers, let’s tackle it with atypical solutions. Nine of them, because, well, nine is an atypical number.

  • By Guest Column
    Apr 4, 2019
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Settings

Old and New: Merging Memory and Research in New Zealand

Call Me Evie author J.P. Pomare shares how his research trips to the town where his suspense novel takes place influenced his writing.

  • By Guest Column
    Apr 1, 2019
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Character

Representation in Fiction: How to Write Characters Whose Experiences Are Outside of Your Own

As publishing endeavors to address inclusion and diverse representation in fiction, an inevitable question arises: Can authors write characters whose experience is outside of their own?

  • By Diana M. Pho
    Mar 25, 2019
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Writing Goal

8 Ways to Stay Mentally Fit and Mindful in the Writing Process

Bryan E. Robinson, Ph.D., author of #CHILL: Turn Off Your Job and Turn On Your Life, offers several tips inspired by the book for mindfulness and mental fitness during the pressures of the writing process.

  • By Guest Column
    Mar 23, 2019
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Writing Goal

Reddit for Writers: 47 Writing Subreddits to Explore

This supplement to the 2019 edition of our 101 Best Websites provides a guide to writing subreddits — destinations across Reddit where writers can find useful information, community and resources.

  • By Jess Zafarris
    Mar 22, 2019
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Writing Goal

The Three-Step Process From Isolation to Publication

Debut author Joanne Ramos talks about letting herself get lost in the world of her book, when she knew to let others in and when to let The Farm out into the world.

  • By Guest Column
    Mar 18, 2019
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Creating a Cover

5 Tips for Better Book Cover Typography

This post will dive into this crucial component of a book cover. Read on to find out how to handle book cover typography — and how to make yours stand out and sell your book.

  • By Guest Column
    Mar 13, 2019
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Writing Habits and Practices

Writing Exercise: How to Start Loving Your Characters

How can you make your characters—flaws and all—people that your readers can’t forget?

  • By Aaron Bauer
    Mar 12, 2019
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Marketing

Author Platform: How to Build Your Online Audience and Stay Sane

E.J. Wenstrom shares a few steps you can take while you're building your online author platform that can save your sanity.

  • By E.J. Wenstrom
    Feb 28, 2019
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Self-Publishing Audiobooks: Why Should You Consider It?

As WD author Jessica Kaye shares in the opening paragraphs of her book The Guide to Publishing Audiobooks, audiobooks are reaching more people than ever. Here are her thoughts about why you might consider self-publishing audiobooks.

  • By Amy Jones
    Feb 27, 2019
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Writing Articles

How a Strong Character Arc Can Make Readers Love Your Protagonist

Novel readers love it when a protagonist dramatically transforms from Page One to The End. Jerry B. Jenkins shares the fundamentals of developing a strong character arc.

  • By Jerry B. Jenkins
    Feb 26, 2019
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Writing Habits and Practices

The Writer's Dip: Should You Quit Your Current Writing Project?

How do you know if you should quit your current writing project or keep at it? Learn why quitting the “wrong things” may be the only way to achieve your wildest writing goals.

  • By P. S. Hoffman
    Feb 22, 2019
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Publishing FAQs

The Quintessential Guide to Selecting and Working With Beta Readers

With the brutal, thorough help of beta readers, you can achieve writing goals faster and more efficiently. LS Hawker offers a definitive guide to selecting and working with them.

  • By Guest Column
    Feb 20, 2019
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Choosing a Publishing Service

indieLAB: The Rise of Self-Publishing 3.0

What is Self-Publishing 3.0? Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) founder Orna Ross explains the shift from the earliest iterations of self-publishing to today's landscape with Self-Publishing 3.0.

  • By Orna Ross
    Feb 18, 2019
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Writing Habits and Practices

How to Fall in Love with the Writing Process: 6 Questions to Hone Your Creative Workflow

Plots and characters will come and go, but for successful writers, passion for the writing process burns on. Use these 6 questions from Bob Mayer to transform your creative method from craft into art.

  • By Bob Mayer
    Feb 14, 2019
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Publishing Insights

Crowdfunding a Novel: Fantastic and Frustrating

Interested in crowdfunding a novel? Susan K. Hamilton, who has crowdfunded two novels, shares the joys and frustrations authors can expect when publishing via this 21st century route.

  • By Guest Column
    Feb 12, 2019
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Publishing FAQs

Who Is Your Target Audience? Use This Simple Trick to Figure Out If They Actually Exist

A major conundrum that trips up many new writers is defining your target audience before you have any actual readers. Dana Sitar explains how to identify them.

  • By Guest Column
    Feb 6, 2019
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Marketing

The Tragical Mystery Book Tour (Part 4)

At the risk of too much of a good thing being a bad thing, here is one last installment in author and New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein’s book tour.

  • By Bob Eckstein
    Jan 24, 2019
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