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  • Should You Join a Writer’s Critique Group
    Every writer needs to have a support system in place during the writing process. They also benefit from having constructive criticism from others. This keeps them on track and makes sure their results will grab the interests of publishers and readers. But there are downsides to joining a critique group as well. Pros of Writer’s Critique ...
  • Restore Your Creativity by Writing Something Different
    When you feel creative you are inspired to write. The words and ideas flow easily from your mind to your hands. But sometimes creativity stagnates. Your creativity and ideas seem to get stuck no matter what you do. You can’t force creativity so don’t push yourself too much. But there are several ways you can ...
  • Publishing Your Content to Kindle Unlimited – Is It Worth It?
     When you are ready to publish your book, you have many options on what type you use. The same is true when it comes to marketing your book. And where you sell your book. Kindle Unlimited is one of those options. Kindle Unlimited is the book subscription service for Amazon. KDP Select is the program authors ...
  • Should You Offer a Pre-Order Option
    You can give your customers the option to pre-order certain products or services before you are ready to launch them. Pre-orders can be used in almost every industry- hand-made products, luxury goods, books or services. Pre-orders allow you to collect money ahead of the release of your book or product. Pre-orders can be a significant part ...
  • Improve Book Sales by Writing More Books
    We all want to sell more books. That’s the goal of writing and publishing, right? Many new authors think now that they’ve written and published their book sales will skyrocket. But the truth is that even if you write a high-quality book, you need more than one to improve book sales. It makes sense that the ...
  • How to Deal with Critics
    Learning how to deal with critiques and critics is a huge part of sharing your work. Criticism comes from many different sources including your editor, other writers, family or friends, or from your readers. It’s important to learn how to deal with critics so their words don’t keep you from doing the work you love. If ...
  • Why Is Your Audience Buying
    Do you know why your audience is buying? This is the first thing you need to understand before you begin marketing to them. You need to know your customers like and what motivates them to buy. That means you need to know as much as possible about your ideal audience, who will become repeat buyers. Getting ...
  • Things Writers Need to Stop Worrying About
    As writers, we often worry about things that aren’t really warranted. This keeps us from never starting or continuing with our writing. Some writers worry about their craft and the writing process. Others worry about the business side of writing. This constant worry hinders you into moving forward. Here are five things you should let ...
  • How Good is ‘Good Enough’ When It Comes to Writing
    “I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try to make it absolutely perfect; or if not then wonderful. Then you write for who you love, whether she can read or write or not and whether she is alive or dead.” – Ernest Hemingway Writers are known to be perfectionists. We strive to ...
  • Create Seasonal Based Plans and Products
    When you’re blogging, it’s important to make your plans in advance for the content that will appear on your blog. This needs to be based on the season as well as the products and services that you plan to promote or launch. Just like a retail store is planning fall sales in the summer, you ...