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Publishing Scammers to Watch Out for in 2021

Publishing scammers prey on newbies and seasoned pros alike by Anne R. Allen 2020 was a terrible year in so many ways. But one group seems to have thrived: the scammer community. Publishing scammers are everywhere now. I hear about new ones every week, each more heartbreaking than the one before. And more outrageous. Phishing […]

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Agent Laurie McLean Gives 10 Publishing Predictions for 2021

Publishing Predictions: Laurie McLean Looks in her Crystal Ball by Laurie McLean Hold onto your pens, people…it’s going to be a wild ride. It’s that time of year again. I present to you Predictions in Publishing: the 2021 Edition! It’s hard to believe that last year at this time I was bemoaning the fact that […]

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Farewell to 2020!

by Ruth Harris Between Covid and lockdown rules, cabin fever and cooking, sour dough and sour moods, 2020 is—finally!—dragging to an end. Anne dealt with non-Covid-related debilitating health issues. I had to navigate NYC’s soaring Covid infection rates. She had a meltdown involving a TV remote. I had one triggered by laundry. The good news is that with […]

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5 Tell-Tale Signs of an Amateur Self-Published Book

An amateur self-published book gives professional indies a bad name by Anne R. Allen When you’re confined to a hospital bed for several months the way I was last summer, you read a lot of books. During my 2+ months of medical incarceration, I read pretty much everything loaded onto my trusty old Kindle (over […]

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How Not to Take Critiques Personally

  by Christine Carron Getting your work critiqued can be transformative. Most of us have probably experienced deep gratitude when a fellow writer shares an insight that allows us to see a weakness that we were too close to see on our own. Something that, once we act on it, transports our story to a […]

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Ways to Convey Thankfulness—Even in 2020

by Kathy Steinemann ’Tis the season to be thankful. November and December bring with them many opportunities to express gratitude: Veterans Day, World Kindness Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and more. Ziad K. Abdelnour said, “Learn to appreciate what you have, before time makes you appreciate what you had.” Let’s consider a few things we can […]

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DIY Book Covers Have Come a Long Way — How to Create Professional-Quality Covers with Design Apps.

Now authors can make DIY book covers with easy-to-use, drag-and-drop design apps by Ruth Harris In the early days of self-publishing, authors who didn’t know know coding had to hire formatters to make their books cyber-ready. Since then, formatting has become part of many writing programs. Word processors like MSWord, Scrivener and Pages will output […]

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The Story of My Metamorphosis—Plus a Big Thank-you to my Blog Partners and Guests

My metamorphosis into a Kafkaesqe bug by Anne R. Allen Yes. I’m back! A lot of readers have asked why I’ve been missing from the blog for the past five months, so I promised I’d detail my tale of woe when I returned. It’s kind of a long story. One that might have been written […]

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Freelance Blogging for Beginners by Robyn Roste

Did you know you can make a decent income from freelance blogging? Blogging for money is a great way to add additional cash flow. The trick is finding good clients so it’s worth the effort. While not every website pays for guest posts, there are many brands and businesses that invest in blogging and pay […]

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How pursuing a writing passion saved my life by Khaled Talib

She was sixteen and I was nine. I was born and raised in Singapore, in a house where books did not have to jostle for space on the shelf. There was always room for another. Majority of the books were in English, and they comprised fiction and non-fiction while a handful were in Arabic, mostly […]

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