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Spark Your Creativity Through the Numbers for Writers: #3

The number three is a wonderful number, and complicates things in a fun and creative way, depending on your perspective! We went from singular -- 1 -- to dual -- 2 -- to triangular, which adds a...



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Author Entrepreneur: Do You Make The Time to Succeed?

Many authors think that the writing and publishing is the hard part. But actually your work is just getting started. Are you making time to market, connect with your readers, or even communicate to...



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CRAFT: What does Author Convenience and Aristotle have to do with each other?

Authors have a job to do and they have to fool readers in order to do it. In good writing, the author seems to disappear and the reader gets lost in the story. It's as if the story is telling itself....



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Kick Ass Heroines: Part #3

I talked earlier about the Bad Girl Archetype: We Love Her, We Hate Her, We Want to Be Her and Characteristics of a Kick-Ass Heroine Archetype. You could call them Part 1 and 2, if you want! Today I...



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Social Media Tip for Authors #7: Listen

Sometimes we just need to shut up and listen to our fellow authors and most importantly listen to our readers.



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INDIE AUTHORS: What is Your #1 Tip for Marketing?

Hot off the presses! I recently asked my friends at the Indie Authors Unite on Facebook (and their site) what their #1 marketing tip was. Here's what they had to say!



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VIDEO: Jack Kerouac: Writing Lesson

Enjoy our weekly video in our Sunday Videos for Authors series.
This week's video is a gem, in my opinion, a collection of quotes from the crazily and inspirational Jack Kerouac.
Some of my...



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Author-Entrepreneurs: Write Your Right Brain Book Proposal

One of the first things I learned was that the book proposal is basically a "business plan" for your book. Besides outlining the book itself, you need to define your market of readers, you need to...



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Being Prolific

Hello, wonderful readers. It's my turn once again to speak about what's on my mind about the writing craft and the secret to productivity. To me, being prolific is like a runaway train that still...



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Characteristics of a Kick-Ass Heroine Archetype

I wrote an earlier post on the kick-ass heroines I've seen in media, Bad Girl Archetype. There are not enough Kick-Ass Heroines in my opinion when you compare to all the men who have these roles --...



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