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6 Elements of A Successful Author Website
Building your author website? Incorporate these six elements in your design to ensure its success. For all authors, new and experienced, a website is the most important element of a book marketing...
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Agent Alert: Hannah Brattesani of Emma Sweeney Agency
Literary agent alerts (this one with Hannah Brattesani of Emma Sweeney Agency) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client...
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Why Writers Should Embrace Their Weird Side
Debut author Sarah Sover shares how embracing her weird side led to the publication of her first book. I was always going to be a writer. Well, that or the next vampire slayer, but I was never called,...
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How to Hone Your High Concept Pitch
Do you have a high concept book in the works? Literary agent Danielle Burby gives her best tips on how to improve your high concept pitch so it connects with an agent or editor. A high concept idea is...
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Using Story Tropes to Subvert Reader Expectations
Debut author Taylor Simonds tells how being aware of the tropes of your genre and turning them upside down can help your work stand out in an oversaturated market. A well-known concept when it comes to...
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Take Two: How to Adapt a Book Into a Screenplay
When adapting a novel for film, Script Magazine editor Jeanne Bowerman says your number-one job is to tell an amazing story—enhancing it for the format. Bookstores are a writer’s drug. We walk the...
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How I Interviewed a Serial Killer and Stayed Sane
In order to do the research for a section of her book Our Symphony With Animals (Pegasus Books, May 2019), Dr. Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH, had to talk to a serial killer. Here, she reveals the planning that...
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10 Tips for Effective Networking at a Writer’s Conference
Nervous about connecting with other writers and publishing professionals at your next writer’s conference? John Peragine has 10 tips on how to network effectively and get the most out of your...
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Gaslighting and Writing Villains Who Make Your Spine Tingle
Writing villains can be a challenge but one approach is having them use gaslighting techniques on their victims. Learn more from this excerpt from Fight Write by Carla Hoch. Carla Hoch’s WD book Fight...
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Is Hybrid Publishing Right For You?
Are you a bit mystified with the book publishing process? Jennifer Scroggins, executive vice president of the hybrid press KiCam projects, explains what hybrid publishing can do for authors. Hybrid, or...
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