Why Authors Should Know Their Target Audience – by Kate Tilton…
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on The Book Designer:
Who is your target audience? What is a reader profile?
These are two questions that continue to baffle many authors, not only new authors starting out in this business but even established authors with several books out. I get it, with all the marketing information out there these terms get thrown around a lot. So first let’s break it down.
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How To Find Your Target Audience, Part One – by Kate Tilton…
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
on The Book Designer:
Last time we covered WHY knowing your target audience is so important.
Next let’s dive in on figuring out who your particular target audience is so you can reap the benefits.
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5 Reasons Why All Indie Authors Should Produce Audiobooks
I’m what you call an early adopter. Way back when in the Stone Age of Romance — you know, before 2000 — Ilovedaudiobooks; you know, those CD versions you could get from the library. There was something about someone reading me a story that really clicked. Maybe because I’m from Ghana and we have a big oral tradition. Or maybe because if you get the right narrator, it’s like a movie in your ears!
When I started writing, I might not have known much. Honestly, I knew next to nothing. But I knew it was probably smart to have my books available in as many formats as possible. Any way a reader could find me, I wanted them to find me.
Fast forward to today, and I have 29 audiobooks with more on the way. I’ve sold some audio rights, tried my hand at going direct with audio…
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Dropping Breadcrumbs: How to Show a Character’s Emotional Wound Through Behavior – by Angela Ackerman…
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on Writers Helping Writers:

Emotional wounds are transformative and have the power to re-shape a character in many negative ways, impacting their happiness, their self-worth, and causing mistrust and disillusionment to skew their worldview.
This critical piece of backstory is key to understanding their motivations, and will impact their individual character’s arc, so knowing what it is, and how to show the fallout it generates is vitally important.

