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Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
How would you like to win £20,000? If you would, then you’ll need to publish a book with Kindle Direct Publishing – and it’ll need to be published between 1st May 2019 and 31st August 2019. Here’s some information from Kindle Direct Publishing on their Storyteller competition: ‘The Kindle Storyteller…
How Do We Set Goals When Trying Something New? – by Jami Gold…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
I’ve talked many times before about how we should think about and set goals for ourselves with our writing career. Knowing our goals can help us determine the right path for us. In other words, if we don’t know our goals, we lessen our chances…
KDP Select and Kindle Unlimited in 2019
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
Image from ShutterStock. THE KDP SELECT DECISION Years ago, Amazon introduced KDP Select to authors who publish with Kindle Direct Publishing. The idea was to create a huge library of Kindle eBooks from which select customers could borrow books for free. Authors are paid a royalty, but not the same royalty…
How to Write for a Blog: 10 Tips for Writing Strong Web Content – by Anne R Allen…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Good Web content attracts those search engine spiders. These days, pretty much all writers need to learn to write Web content. Yes, even if you’re a Victorian romance author whose readers care more about reticules and spatterdashers than retweets and SEO. Even if you don’t…
Queries – You May Be An Amateur – But Don’t Make It Obvious.
Originally posted on Writing your first novel-Things you should know:
I have to admit I’m guilty of a few query don’ts. Okay, maybe a lot 🙂 I didn’t know any better. Like many of you, I just thought I did. You don’t know what you don’t know. I hope you are researching and doing your…
Plot, Character, and Theme: The Greatest Love Triangle in Fiction – by K.M. Weiland…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Helping Writers become Authors: Once upon a time, Character fell in love with Plot. Right from the start, it was a stormy relationship. There was passion, there was romance, there were epic stakes. And conflict? Puh-lenty. Continue reading HERE
3 Book Marketing Myths to Avoid – by Sandra Beckwith…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Book Designer: When I was in college, one of the girls in my dorm terrified us with the “true” story of “The Hook,” a killer with a hook for a hand who attacked a couple in a parked car. The storyteller insisted it…
This Week in Indie Publishing
Originally posted on Author Don Massenzio:
Want to Turn Your Comic Book Idea Into a Million-Dollar Business? Here’s the First Step Comic books are kind of a big deal these days. Total revenue for the comic book publishing industry in 2018?was estimated to be $865 million, and that’s not counting peripheral sources of income from…
Today’s Writing Tip
Originally posted on Marcha's Two-Cents Worth:
Writing is a skill & the only way to learn it is by doing. Like any sport, you can read and study all you want, but you won’t master it until you do it and practice, practice, practice. There are no short cuts. Some people are born with…
Exposing your work, on #LisaBurtonRadio
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Reblogged fromEntertaining Stories: Six sites that will get your book in front of thousands of potential readers… for free…. Hi, all, and welcome to another edition of Lisa Burton Radio. This week is a special edition, because it’s geared to all you authors out there. It might…
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