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Going Viral: Writing From the Hopeful Heart

Author Kitty O'Meara shares her experience of going viral online and how that led to some exciting publishing opportunities.

  • By Kitty O’Meara
    Nov 27, 2020
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The Chaotically Seductive Path to Persuasive Copy

In this article, author, writing coach, and copywriter David Pennington teaches you the simple secrets of excellent copywriting.

  • By David Pennington
    Oct 21, 2020
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7 Tips for Effectively Engaging a Virtual Audience

Author, speaker, and executive coach Dima Ghawi teaches the basics of delivering a dynamic presentation that keeps your audience tuned in and wanting more.

  • By Dima Ghawi
    Oct 7, 2020
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Creating an Author Success Map: Why Reasonable Expectations Can Help Grow Your Author Brand

Marissa DeCuir shares her three-step process for creating an author success map that helps writers identify and personalize success benchmarks for their writing careers. With reasonable expectations, writers can find more success.

  • By Marissa DeCuir
    Sep 5, 2020
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Writer's Digest Best General Resource Websites 2020

Here are the top general resource websites as identified in the 22nd Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2020 issue of Writer's Digest.

  • By Cassandra Lipp
    Aug 12, 2020
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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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Publishing Insights

What Should Writers Blog About?

What should writers blog about if they write fiction? Poetry? Nonfiction? Do blog topics have to align with your other writing? We dive into these questions here.

  • By Robert Lee Brewer
    Feb 18, 2020
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Reading Your Work In Public: 12 Tips From Dead Rabbits Reading Series Founder

Sharing your work at readings is a great way to get your work in front of an audience and network with other writers. Dead Rabbits Reading Series host M.K. Rainey shares 12 tips on how to make it happen.

  • By M.K. Rainey
    Jul 15, 2019
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Marketing Three Books at the Same Time: What I've Learned

Although she has a lot to juggle, Eleanor's Wars author Ames Sheldon talks about the benefits of working on three books at the same time.

  • By Ames Sheldon
    Jul 12, 2019
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6 Elements of A Successful Author Website

Building your author website? Incorporate these six elements in your design to ensure its success.

  • By John Burke
    Jun 17, 2019
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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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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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How to Keep Your Book Relevant After Its Release

Most writers aspire to publish a book that will remain popular among future generations of readers. Gary McPherson offers five things to consider if you want your book to remain relevant for years after its release.

  • By Guest Column
    Jan 12, 2019
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The Tragical Mystery Book Tour (Part 2)

Author and New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein recently set out on a book tour of his own devising. In this four-part series, he outlines his experience, lessons learned along the way, and what up-and-coming authors might expect from their own tours.

  • By Bob Eckstein
    Jan 10, 2019
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How to Calendarize Your Book Marketing Approach

Whether you're traditionally or self-published marketing your book, is difficult. You have to start promoting your book as early as possible, and you can't stop after it's published. Here's one way to plot out your book marketing calendar.

  • By Dawn Reno Langley
    Dec 29, 2018
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Marketing

The Tragical Mystery Book Tour (Part 1)

Author and New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein recently set out on a book tour of his own devising. In this four-part series, he outlines his experience, lessons learned along the way, and what up-and-coming authors might expect from their own tours.

  • By Bob Eckstein
    Dec 18, 2018
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How Author Kellye Garrett Turned Hollywood War Stories into a Guerilla Book Marketing Tactic

In a crowded market, debut authors must find creative ways to connect with readers—leading Hollywood veteran Kellye Garrett to adopt a unique guerilla book marketing strategy that leveraged the story behind her story.

  • By Kellye Garrett
    Oct 20, 2018
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Social Media

Join the Writer's Digest Author Exchange Facebook Group to Network with WD Authors

The Writer's Digest Authors Exchange is a public Facebook group intended to inspire and inform writers about the craft of writing and the business of publishing. It’s a place where writers find encouragement and support as they pursue their goals.

  • By Kerrie Flanagan
    Sep 7, 2018
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The Writer's Guide to Wattpad: How Readers Fall in Love with Your Words

Wattpad works because it makes it easy for readers to fall in love with your words. In this excerpt from The Writer's Guide to Wattpad, editor Ben Sobieck explains how he made the platform work for him.

  • By Ben Sobieck
    Apr 6, 2020
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Writing Articles

7 Ways to Turbocharge Your Ebook Marketing

Smart ebook marketing works like a magnet to bridge the gap between readers’ unmet desires and your book’s ability to satisfy those desires. Here are seven proven ebook marketing strategies you can implement immediately, at no cost.

  • By Guest Column
    Sep 3, 2018
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Business of Writing

The Difference Between an Author-Author and an Author-Entrepreneur and Why You Need to Know

If you want to write a book, for whatever reason, it’s important to know what kind of author you actually want to be so you know what strategy to use to sell books. Vickie Gould explains the difference and why it matters.

  • By Guest Column
    Aug 30, 2018
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Writing Articles

What Starting a Business and Launching a Book Have in Common: It’s All About the Investment

When launching a book, your job is to find readers, engage with readers, write good books, and sell the heck out of said book(s). Here are a few rules from the business world that will make the investment of time and energy worth your while.

  • By Guest Column
    Aug 26, 2018
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Marketing

Does Your Book Have a Billboard on Amazon?

Authors can leverage ads and Book Detail pages on Amazon to make them work like a "billboard" of sorts. But in order for your Amazon billboards to help sell more books, they must display certain characteristics.

  • By Rob Eagar
    Jul 17, 2018
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