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Unless you hold an advanced degree in human psychology, understanding the intricacies of characters who don’t think like you can be tricky business. In previous articles, we’ve taken deep dives into a few powerful personality tests to enrich the character development process. Today, I’d like to offer a glimpse at a selection of other tests that can take your characters to the next level and …
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In this, our twenty-first century world, book marketing is rather futuristic. It’s no longer enough, the marketing gurus tell us, to have written a book and to tell people about said book; you need to have a multifaceted marketing campaign set up and ready to go if you want anyone to actually read the thing you spent so long writing. One of the more unusual marketing innovations of recent …
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As a rule, writers have a pretty solid grasp of how to use words. Of course, when we slip up, that just makes it all the more embarrassing, and a certain type of critic loves nothing more than pointing out even the smallest error. Someone who’s supposed to know all about words getting them wrong? How ironic! Actually… is that ironic? If you’re capable of giving a definitive answer, …
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Ah, the biography – a form frequently mangled by those who think it’s an easy beast to tame. All you need is a person to write about or an exciting life, right? After that, the book writes itself. Wrong. While writers of biographies, memoirs, and autobiographies don’t have to worry about thinking up original stories or characters, they do have plenty of obstacles to face: incredibly detailed …
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Your book has been published, you’ve raked in a few good reviews, and you’re riding high on the success. Not wanting that momentum to taper off, you’ve been thinking about ways to keep the energy going, and you’ve discovered that hosting an author reading is one of the best ways to expand your fan base and connect with new readers. If you’ve never done this before, it can feel pretty …
J.R.R. Tolkien needs no introduction. One of the most famous British writers of the twentieth century, Tolkien is responsible for, among other things, giving the world hobbits, orcs, and one of Sean Bean’s more moving deaths. Widely considered the greatest fantasy writer of all time, Tolkien’s masterworks – The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings – totally redefined the fantasy …
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