Swap sample chapter with another author

One way corporate publishers of genre novels promoted their books before consolidation of the industry was to offer sample chapters of an author in another of their writer’s works. For example…

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How to format drop caps into your ebook

In paperbacks, drop caps are a nice touch giving your book a professional, sophisticated appearance. Unfortunately, those drop caps don’t translate well to ebooks, especially Kindle.  The…

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Quick Tip: Don’t smother writing with your red pen

Sometimes writers sabotage their own stories by ensuring every sentence is grammatically correct, as if they were turning it in to their middle school English teacher. Read through many of the…

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Five Great Quotations about Why We Write

“The purpose of writing is both to keep up with life and to run ahead of it.” – William Saroyan“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.” – Octavia E. Butler“The only end o…

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Use Various Kinds of Presentations to Pitch Book

Public presentations are a great way for authors to sell their books. Usually such presentations allow you to get publicity for the event, meaning that those attending usually have a strong in…

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Use Catch-Phrase when Creating a Character

When writing your story, you’ll want each of the major characters to be distinct. One way of achieving that, especially in genre fiction, is to give a couple of the characters catch-phrases.A catch…

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