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3 Kick Ass Tips For a Killer Book Cover
Skilled authors contracted to a publisher will have a professional book cover designer create their killer book cover for their novel or non-fiction book. Self-published authors must fend for themselves and use a DIY graphic program or independent book cover designer....
All You Need to Know about Story Structure (in 5 Minutes)
You have an idea for a story, and you’re anxious to start writing. So, what’s stopping you? I know, you need a cup of coffee. Not to mention what you haven’t yet figured out—plot points, conflict, and crises. How does the drama end? What’s it all about? They say you...
How to write more convincing sales copy (without any qualifications)
Every business uses words in order to influence consumers. I’m a copywriter. I sell words for a living, but I’ve got a confession to make. Throughout my schooling, I’ve always loved reading and writing. As time went on, I headed to university to study some more and...
How to Stop Feeling Intimidated by Other Writers
Do you want to be one of the 100 most influential bloggers in the world? Maybe you’re even more aspirational and you want to be the next Shakespeare. But everywhere you look there are hundreds of other writers who are much better than you, more talented and more...
How To Showcase Your Writing So It Shines: 3 CSS Styling Tricks
Your writing is the centerpiece of your blog. Content is king right? It’s what draws people in and keeps them reading your blog. But what’s also just as important is how you actually showcase your writing. Visually, that is. Your content may be great, but if it’s...
Turn Your Blog Into a Lean, Mean, Lead Generation Machine
82% of inbound marketers who blog frequently are seeing a positive outcome in their ROI. If you fall into the remaining 18% category, have you wondered why your inbound marketing techniques backfire? Your techniques may be right! But your blog page might need some...
The Reason Why You Aren’t Happy With Your Novel
A good book isn't written, it's rewritten. ~Phyllis A. Whitney, Guide to Fiction Writing THE END. Every writer who has ever written those two words has figured out the sad truth: THE END is a lie. You see, THE END signifies completion, and...
How to Get Agents and Publishers Begging to See Your Work
Do you want agents and publishers begging to see your work? It all start with a letter. A query letter. In fact, an irresistible query letter. Mark Gottleib of The Trident Media Group explains how to write just such a letter... Query Letter Writing: A List of Dos and...
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55 Ways To Explode Your Content Marketing [Infographic]
You're using content marketing, right? Of course you are. Content marketing has been the buzz word for businesses to bloggers for some time now. But are you doing it right? Do you really know what works and what doesn't? Or are you just guessing and hoping? Well, no...
How to Transform Your Single Story Into a Complete Series
Okay, so your single book story jumped to an idea for a nifty book series but ... now what? Even the best of series ideas can miss the mark after only one book. Ever come to a screeching halt while reading a series because the story just fell apart? Or the character...
Here’s How You Really Make a Living as a Writer
Can writers really make money? Yes, but it requires you to learn how to make a living as a writer. For most of my life, I was firmly in the 'you can't make real money writing' camp. It was a story I grew up believing, which was why it took me years to even believe I...
How to Get Hordes of Subscribers With an Easy Opt-In Gift
If you want to ramp up your subscriber numbers, you need to offer an attractive gift for your visitors in return for subscribing. This is called an opt-in gift or lead magnet. But what to offer? Many writers don’t know how to create an opt-in gift. It can be...
Warning: Are You at Risk of a Story Collapse?
Show of hands: Has this ever happened to you? You are jamming away at your latest story. Words are flowing. Characters come to life. The realm you’ve created is awesome and infinite. You could live here the rest of your creative life. And then… …it all stops. Events...
Why You Should Ignore Hemingway’s Advice
“Wait… what? You want me to ignore advice from Hemingway and other great writers?” Yep. Now, I’m not talking about the kind of advice you get from a top-notch Creative Writing course or personalized feedback. Instead, I’m talking about the many, many quotes you...
How to Get to Yes: Writing Highly Effective Query Letters
Do you want to land your book with a publisher? This article shows how to write an effective query letter. As a literary agent in major trade publishing at the Trident Media Group literary agency, I often have to explain the elements of a good query letter to new...
How I Went From Scared Witless to Being a Published Author
Does the thought of ‘putting yourself out there’ scare you to death?Do you believe your words and stories don't matter?Are you flat out scared your writing just isn't good enough?I was.Like you, I thought no one would ever want to read what I wrote.I was convinced my...
Why I Stopped Letting My Calendar Run My Life: Anatomy of a Failed Productivity Experiment
I used to play my calendar like a game of Tetris. I would stack obligation after obligation for every minute of my waking life. Go to the gym, then work on this, then meet with that person, then meet my friend and so on. Letting my calendar be my master put me on...
The Most Important Marketing Decision You’ll Make as an Author
In this post, I want to share with you the step-by-step process I followed to get a very rough idea out of my head and onto paper and how I refined it into a compelling argument and title. I want to share with you what I learned and why I will be using this process...
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