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How to Make an Awesome Book Trailer (And why you should!)
Wherever you take a look online, you can see the internet is becoming more and more audiovisual. Flashy pop-ups, animated advertisements, that funny cat video your bestie just retweeted. As the technology reaches that point of comfort,video content becomes more of a...
Roger Johns – A Writer’s Life
Welcome to the second installment in our new series – A Writer’s Life. A succession of living writers reveal how they first started writing, how they got published and something of their daily routine. You’ll be inspired, learn powerful tips and gain a strong...
How to Be a Writer: 201 Compelling Tips
Editor Note: By popular demand we've updated and expanded one of Mary's most popular posts from the WritetoDone archives so today's readers can benefit from these wonderful tips. Do you wonder how to be a writer? The 201 tips below will help you find out how to...
How to Write a Great Story (And Know It’s Great)
You want to write a great story within 24 hours, right? Of course, but how do you know it's a great story? Skill?Luck? Guesswork? The answer is simple, if radical: Ditch the Traditional Approach. Let’s not beat around the bush. The traditional way of quantifying a...
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Your Best Post Ever
Do you want to write your best post ever? Then let’s dive straight in... Part 1: Planning Planning is about deciding what you want to say in your post. Whether you blog to amuse, inform, entertain or share your thoughts, you want your readers to understand what you’re...
5 Killer Strategies for Having a Thriving Freelance Writing Career
Do you dream of having a thriving freelance writing career? There are millions of wanna-be writers out there who dream of the work-at-home lifestyle, raking in the dollar bills, enjoying mid-day yoga classes, and sipping coffee with their cat sleeping peacefully on...
13 Free Tools for Authors That Take the Pain out of Self-Publishing
I started my author career as a father of three and military man deployed overseas. As you can imagine, I didn’t have a ton of spare cash to invest in apps and writing tools, so I had to make every penny count. Fast forward several years. Although I’ve been fortunate...
How To Use Instagram to Reach New Readers Everyday
Do you want to reach new readers? Instagram is home to over a billion registered users with more than 500 million of them logging on to the site each day. This serves as a lucrative platform for businesses to market their products and services. Not surprisingly then,...
How to Create a Great Resources Page for Your Blog
Your blog might be missing one very valuable page. A Resources page lets you demonstrate your expertise, offer real value to your readers, bring in affiliate income, and more! (We’ll be looking at the benefits in more detail in a moment.) So what is a Resources page?...
5 Traits Great Copywriters Have in Common
Great copywriters aren't born. They may have certain traits in common, but these were learned, not inherited. Because, there are a number of commonalities that go into making great copy. And if you learn these traits, you too could become a great copywriter....
An Alternative Approach to Outlining For Writers Who Don’t Outline
I have a confession to make. I'm bad at outlining. Okay, I suppose that's not entirely true. But I have tried numerous methods for novel outlining, and it took me a while to find one I liked. For the most part, my previous attempts always felt too prescriptive. I...
Author Marketing Hell: 3 Ways to Avoid Burning Out
There’s the “old” way and the “new” way. One leads to 'author marketing hell' and the other to 'author marketing heaven'. You see, I’m suggesting an uncommon approach to finding your perfect reader, pulling them towards you and your books, and converting them into...
How to Shine With Amazon KDP: Publish Your Book, Episode 9
Nerves. You need steady nerves when you publish a book. My book, Youthful Aging Secrets: Live Better For Longer is now published on Amazon, but my nerves are still jangling. There are a lot of moving parts to get right, once you’ve completed your final draft....
How to Make Money as a Writer (Even if You’ve Never Earned a Dime)
We can often feel as though there must be some secret recipe to make money as a writer.We try to guess the ingredients and sometimes we get lucky and things work out deliciously well. Money flows and there are gigs galore. You wear your chef’s hat at a jaunty angle...
How to Write and Publish Your First Book 8: Why You Need Beta Readers
What's the most stressful moment of publishing a book? You don’t know? Well, I don’t know either. I’ve still got a couple of weeks to go before hitting the publish button, and maybe that will be the most stressful moment. But I can tell you about a scary moment:...
How to Write and Publish Your First Book 6: The ‘Imperfect’ Author Bio
Are you trying to be perfect? Forget it! Instead, you need to work on being imperfect. I know, I know, this seems like weird advice. But hear me out. If you want to create just one, massive nonfiction book, you might get away with being perfect. However, if you...
How to Write and Publish Your First Book 7: The Bestselling Book Cover Design
If you think of writing and publishing a book as a series of hurdles, finding a bestselling book design is an opportunity to trip up and fall flat on your face. Having just completed a survey where readers chose the title of my upcoming book, Youthful Aging: How...
5 Steps to Ensure Your Novel is a Bestseller in its Genre
Maybe you’ve only begun planning out your novel. You have a great concept and a basic plot. Or maybe you’ve already completed a rough draft. You’re fairly sure what you’re writing fits the genre you have in mind and you obviously want it to be a bestseller in its...
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