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No-one is an island, but a lot of writers like their solitude. The process of writing itself is often solitary, and it can be hard to immerse yourself in the world of your book when a real live character from this world is competing for your attention. Yet our fellow writers can help us hone our craft and expose us to opportunities to write, publish, compete, collaborate, learn, grow, market, …
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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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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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If you’ve ever been in an artisanal bakery, you know the feeling. Inviting smells, brown paper packages tied up with twine, cherry tarts and cracked crusty breads… It all adds up to the impression that everything is exactly as the baker would have it. How different from a bag of pre-sliced Wonder Bread on a crowded grocery store aisle; that sad loaf of starch and preservatives doesn’t even have a …
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How do you use a photo-based platform to advertise your written work? Good question, and seeing as Instagram boasts over 500,000,000 users who spend nearly an hour a day (on average) perusing the site, one that’s well worth answering. Now may be a good time to make your move, too, since the market isn’t flooded with authors vying for users’ attention. If you want to learn how to make Instagram …
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