Category: The Five Minute Author
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Don’t Advertise Your Book with These Companies
… They’ve told you how brilliant your book is, they have all these followers, and there’s a tight deadline to get into the deal. All great sales talk to tempt […] Read more
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You Don’t Have to Write Every Day
…Ever had a gym buddy? Someone to meet you at the gym and make sure you work out? Well, it also helps to have a writing buddy. Whether that’s a […] Read more
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How to Write Better
… if I can be an multi award-winning author, than you can do this too. And I really love what one of my editors had to share about this. Jim […] Read more
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The Ten Steps to Self-Publishing
…you want to look for a cover artist. There’s a lot of talk out there about what covers work best for sales. keep this simple I would just say look […] Read more
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What to look for in a hybrid publisher
…3. Commit to truth and transparency in business practices. In the beginning, I went with a small publisher with first book. They’d send me these emails that said, “Hey, your […] Read more
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How to Develop Characters
who says your characters have to be human? The main character in one of my first short stories was a fish in a hotel fountain. Now here’s the other thing; […] Read more
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What if I have too many writing ideas?
… 4. Set aside a day and go through your ideas. Is there anything that can be combined into a single project? Put the top items that you really want […] Read more
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Find Ideas For Your Next Story
…I know my friend Katy was at one of my short storyathons where we write a short story in a weekend, we walked around downtown and she saw a fountain. […] Read more
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Three Top Things That Sell a Book
…On the marketing panel with me at Killer Nashville was Kiersten Modglin who writes one-off books and part of her success, besides having great books, is she was very targeted […] Read more
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How to be an Organized Writer
I create electronic folders for all my book information – and make sure to label everything – In my folder for Toy of the Gods – ebook cover, paperback cover, […] Read more