Blog Posts
The Most Common Fears About Publishing, and 3 Ways to Conquer Them
Publishing anxiety is the feeling of fear that occurs before you hit the publish button on that piece of content you’ve poured yourself into. It’s the sudden stress that overtakes you and makes you question your writing: Does this suck? Did I clearly articulate my...
Creating and Expanding Ideas for Your New Book
We are all aware that sometimes you get stuck on ideas for your intended book. It’s normal. Sure enough, your creativity is not in doubt, but more often than you appreciate, it drips from the tap rather than flow at full speed. Other times, you create new ideas but...
Sharing Our Writing Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
I started writing less than 8 months ago and I’m almost certain that it shows. I see places in my writing where my sentences aren’t as precise as I’d like them to be, where my phrasing makes the entire meaning of a sentence unclear. I do what I can to fix these...
What Publishers Hate
Whether they are unprofessional errors in your manuscript or your poor conduct as a person, there are some blunders that instantly throw you into the reject pile. Read this article to find out what publishers hate that quite a lot of writers do. *** People often ask...
How to Build Alliances with Book Bloggers
Not everyone has a million-dollar publishing company behind them, and not everyone gets a chance to have their works published by the biggest publishing companies in the world. After all, you are probably a relatively unknown writer and no one might be willing to take...
How These 7 Types of Editing Will Make You a Better Author
You already know that an editor can give you advice and suggest improvements to your manuscript - probably even recommendations you haven’t thought of. But how do you decide what kind of editing you and your book are ready for? Developmental editing? Substantive? Line...
7 Social Media Tips For Writers Who Want to Get Noticed
Social media is woven into our lives. We don’t even think before reaching for our phones to check Facebook and Instagram. We catch ourselves scrolling through our feed or drafting the next clever tweet in our head.In a world so entrenched with social media, are we as...
How to Deal with a Bad Review as an Author
Writing is hard enough, and getting a book published for the world to read is even harder; but what is worse is going through all the pains only to end up getting a bad review. Most authors, when they get a bad review, tend to be very angry, and then later feel...
From Writer to Renowned Author: Four Steps to Building an Unbeatable Personal Brand
As a writer, your personal brand is how you appear to the world. Therefore, it serves to reason that a strong brand is preferable to a timid brand. As a writer and an aspiring author, your personal brand is just as important as the books you have written. Every author...
When to Write a Plot-Driven or Character-Driven Story
There are many techniques to writing, and many angles from which a writer can establish her story, entertain the readership and pass her message across. We have given names to most of these techniques - generic names because it is never such a streamlined process -...
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