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17 Book Marketing Ideas You Can Do In Under 90 Minutes – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: Set your stopwatch and let’s apply some speedy and effective book marketing ideas Find out how, HERE
How to check on overused words in your novel
Originally posted on Author Ari Meghlen Official Website:
If you’ve been writing for a while, you probably know that sometimes we writers have a habit of reusing the same words over and over throughout our manuscripts. This is especially common for those of us who write sporadically. Catching this pesky overused words not only tightens…
Mining Old Manuscripts – Guest Post by, Traci Kenworth…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Licence to use image obtained – Copyright: chainat 123RF Stock Photos Old manuscripts are never a waste. Mine them! For example, those manuscripts you used to learn your craft? You can always pull ideas, characters, settings, etc. from them. I have a future project that…
My Publishing Journey: Producing an Audiobook Part I…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
By Judy Penz Sheluk as a follow-up and correction to THIS POST Available in the U.S. and UK for some months, in 2017, ACX finally opened their production facilities to Canadian authors. If you’re not familiar with ACX, it’s a marketplace where authors, literary agents,…
17 Secrets of Audiobook Narrator – Michele Debczak…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
On Mental Floss site: Once associated with dusty library cassette tapes, audiobooks are more popular than ever. New technology has made it easy to listen to large audio files on the go, and the resulting surge in listeners has helped the format slough off some…
Four basic sentence structures you should know
Originally posted on Book Editing:
THE English language uses four basic sentence structures: 1. Simple sentence — a sentence with just one independent clause (also called a main clause): I purchased a tour guide and a travel journal at the bookstore. 2. Compound sentence — A compound sentence contains at least two independent clauses: I purchased…
5 Tips For Reading Your Own Work
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
As you might know, I do some voice acting for the Folk Tale Audio Drama Anansi Storytime where I’ve been everything from a narrator, to (many) Goddesses, to a turtle. Plus, as a writer, looking for an agent, I’m dreaming of that day when people show up to…
How to Grow as a Writer: 5 Logical Steps – by K.M. Weiland…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Helping Writers Become Authors: Writers are students. Sometimes this is the result of nothing more than sheer necessity: we seek answers for our questions because writing is proposes difficult problems. But often, writers are students first and writers second. If this is you, then…
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