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6 Ways To Collaborate With Other Indie Authors For Better Marketing (And More)

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It’s tough out there for indie authors. Whether you’re self-publishing or working with a small press, you probably don’t have access to the budget or contacts of a major publisher, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of luck. Freedom is one thing that indie authors will always have more of than authors pursuing the traditional route to publication, and freedom mixes well with another attribute indie …

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How To Make A Living As A Self-Published Writer

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could quit your nine-to-five and write for a living? If you could be your own boss and focus on nothing but producing stories and distributing them? A pipe dream, I know, but for many writer-entrepreneurs out there, this is real life. How? How does one pay the bills selling books in a marketplace where most eBooks go for only a couple of dollars apiece? You’re …

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The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Authors

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Advice for authors isn’t hard to find, but time and again we discover the same nuggets of wisdom. Why? Because they’re the habits that have been proven to work – the things that make prolific, successful authors what they are. Now, maybe you already know these key habits, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy to cultivate. That’s why, today, I won’t just be focusing on what characteristics amateur …

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8 Ways You Can Think Like A Journalist To Improve Your Writing

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When it comes to writing, few things beat an insightful eye and an inquisitive mind. Happily, those attributes aren’t the sole province of novelists, and there’s plenty any writer can learn from journalism. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be looking at eight ways authors can improve their writing by thinking like journalists. If you’re writing non-fiction, there’s lots that’s going to be …

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The Legal Obligations Of Self-Publishing And Freelance Writing: What You Need To Know

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In the quaint but recent past, dominated as it was by traditional publishing and traditional employment, most writers didn’t have to worry too much about legal ins and outs. Yes, there were writers whose work was banned for being too controversial, and there were even writers who got locked up or sent into exile for their seditious views, but in terms of worrying about humdrum admin, contracts, …

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11 Ways Stan Lee Can Help You Improve Your Writing Right Now

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Stan Lee may not be the first person on your list when you seek out the advice of great writers, but maybe he should be. Lee is most famous as a writer of graphic novels and as the co-creator of Marvel Comics characters who still command the zeitgeist to this day, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther, and many more. Lee began his professional life refilling inkwells …

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