Finding Your Voice
I see this problem all the time with my business writing clients. They’ve certainly got plenty to say – they’re experts in their fields,...
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- Sep 11, 2013
- 3 min
DIY Editing Tips
I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because typos are the bane of my existence! (Sponsored post.) You may think that soaring...
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- Aug 4, 2013
- 3 min
Death to the Dreaded Second (Middle) Book Syndrome
This content was originally posted on www.cocktailsandbooks.com as part of the Shudder Blog Tour in 2013. Middle books in a trilogy have...
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- May 7, 2013
- 4 min
Pre-Release Jitters
This content was originally posted on www.reutreads.wordpress.com as part of the Shudder Blog Tour in 2013. What goes through an author’s...
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- Mar 28, 2013
- 5 min
What Just Happened?? Prepping for the Twist
This content was originally posted on www.uniquelymoibooks.com as part of the Stitch Blog Tour in 2012. I LOVE me a good twist. That...
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- Feb 18, 2013
- 3 min
The Birth of a Twist: How I Came Up with Stitch
Note: This guest post was originally posted on 11/19/12 at another blog, but that blog has since closed down. I decided to move the text...
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- Jul 26, 2012
- 11 min
Book Formatting Woes: I figured out the hard stuff so you don’t have to! (Part 2)
Update: This post was written back in 2012, and thankfully things have gotten A LOT easier since then!! (You NO LONGER need a software...
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- Jul 23, 2012
- 6 min
Book Formatting Woes: I figured out the hard stuff so you don’t have to! (Part 1)
Update: This post was written back in 2012, and thankfully things have gotten A LOT easier since then!! (You NO LONGER need a software...
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- Jul 17, 2012
- 2 min
The Big Reveal: Stitch Cover Art!
I’m SO excited to share the final cover art for Stitch! Drumroll please… Ta-da! A big shout out to Damon over at http://damonza.com/ for...
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- Jul 13, 2012
- 6 min
Any Advice? Marketing & Promotion Schedule
The past few days while planning my marketing campaign, I keep running up against the same question (or rather, ramming into it headlong...
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- Jul 11, 2012
- 5 min
Navigating the Befuddling World of Book Blogs
Yesterday, I almost drowned. Okay, not literally, but I felt like I was drowning. You see, I had a couple free hours, so I decided...
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- Jul 3, 2012
- 4 min
Making the Connection – Marketing a Book to Readers
Note: This post was originally written in 2012 but I updated it in 2021 with some additional tips! I can tell you with confidence that...
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- Jun 27, 2012
- 4 min
Why I Decided to Self-Publish
If you work outside the book industry, you may not know that there is a revolution underfoot. Amazon is shaking up the publishing world,...
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- Jun 25, 2012
- 3 min
The Why & How of Writing a Novel (Part 2)
Last week in Part 1 of this post I wrote about how I managed the undertaking of writing a novel. This week I’m going tackle the harder...
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- Jun 20, 2012
- 4 min
The Why & How of Writing a Novel (Part 1)
Since I’ve started telling people that I wrote a novel, the questions I get asked most often (besides, “What’s it about?”) are “Why?” and...
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