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Back to Basics on Backstory…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article by Jennie Nash, on The Book Designer Site: My mission as a book coach is to help writers write the best books they can, which means paying attention to: The macro elements (the story or argument the book makes) The micro elements…
Ranking 25
Today I got a major boost. Returning from work in agony, due to my back problem, and wallowing in self-pity, I sat in front of my computer and checked my downloads for the day. After blinking a few times, I managed to convince myself I wasn’t imagining things. My usual, 4-6 downloads had suddenly multiplied…
Edit, Edit or Edit?
Originally posted on Writing your first novel-Things you should know:
I saw an article in Writers Digest recently titled Understanding The Types Of Editing. Well my first thought was, What do they mean types? Editing is when somebody goes into your manuscript and tears it apart, correcting all the grammatical and structural errors, right? Well that is true,…
10 Data Sources That Self-publishing Authors Should Update Before Year End
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article by Debbie Young on Self Publishing Advice Site: As indie authors, whenever we launch a new book, we spend a lot of time and effort choosing and inputting marketing-friendly metadata about our new books on our accounts with our chosen distributors,…
Discovered by Disaster: 6 Astounding Archaeological Finds from Environmental Change
The Historic England Blog Those of us working with the past can occasionally be viewed as stuck in it, not wanting things to change, but actually for archaeologists change is our bread and butter. We are obsessed with how, and why, people and their places have changed through time. Sometimes dramatic changes in the environment […]
Tech Tools to Help Produce & Sell Children’s Books..
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Extract from an article by Carla King on Book Works Site: Lisa needed some help figuring out how to layout and distribute the children’s book she just finished. She had already paid an illustrator and in our conversation revealed that the book was 42 pages…
New distributors for indie authors: Pronoun and Streetlib
Originally posted on Ruth Nestvold – Indie Adventures:
I have recently become aware of a couple of new distributors (also referred to as aggregators) on the self-publishing scene, Pronoun and Streetlib. Some time ago in “Starting Out as an Indie Author,” I covered the topic of distributors in general, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and Xinxii in…
LUCINDA’S 2016 FAVOURITE AWARDS
Originally posted on lucinda E Clarke:
I have read and reviewed 140 books this year and to keep track I now list them on a spreadsheet. I’ve chosen 6 biographical and 10 fiction books as those I most remember – those that forced me to ignore the world around me and keep turning the pages.…
Always check
Originally posted on Adventures and Musings of an Arch Druidess:
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Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 