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Sh!t I Learned Today: How to Get and Plan for a Bookbub Ad

Sh!t I Learned Today: How to Get and Plan for a Bookbub Ad

Sh!t I Learned Today: How to Get and Plan for a Bookbub Ad How to get a Bookbub Featured ad (based on my experience), how to effectively use your ad, and mistakes I made that you can avoid! If you’re

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Sh!t I Learned Today: Fixing a Broken Book

Sh!t I Learned Today: Fixing a Broken Book

Ok, so. You broke your book. You know, that book. The one buried in some obscure file on your computer. The one that haunts you. The one that no matter what you do, you can’t fix. But no matter how

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Sh!t I Learned Today: Publishing Rejection

Sh!t I Learned Today: Publishing Rejection

Sh!t I Learned Today: Publishing Rejection   Okay, this really isn’t something I learned. I mean, we all learn lessons about rejection throughout life. It seems that rejection is the one lesson we get to keep on learning, no matter

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Sh!t I Learned Today: New Editing Process

When I first realized I wanted to be an author, I found that I was easily overwhelmed by the extreme learning curve I had before me. And it wasn’t just stuff you had to learn, but also execute every day

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Sh!t I Learned Today: Know Your Sex

Sh!t I Learned Today: Know Your Sex

When I first realized I wanted to be an author, I found that I was easily overwhelmed by the extreme learning curve I had before me. And it wasn’t just stuff you had to learn, but also execute every day

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From Druggie to Angel: The Story of Michaela's Evolution

Back in 2008, I hit a speed bump. I was freshman in college and thousands of miles away from my family. It was Christmas break, and I had just learned my flight home was delayed. I was depressed and seriously

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Sh!t I Learned Today – It's all just a big pile of it

Sh!t I Learned Today – It's all just a big pile of it

When I first realized I wanted to be an author, I found that I was easily overwhelmed by the extreme learning curve I had before me. And it wasn’t just stuff you had to learn but also execute every day

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The Road to a Novel: World and Character Building

“The Hunted One” was a long, slow evolution. Looking back over the six years it took me to write the book, I don’t recall any great flashes of inspiration. However, I do remember lots of frustration and half-finished versions of

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Creating the Characters of “The Lost One”

Creating the Characters of “The Lost One”

Okay, let’s play a game. Think about your favorite books. Can you remember the joy or despair or fear or happiness that you felt when you read it for the first time? Did you cry at the end? Did you

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Avoiding Stereotypical Characters

Avoiding Stereotypical Characters

Avoiding Stereotypical Characters   I’ve avoided these “how to write” articles, because I don’t think of myself as an expert by any means. I don’t even really consider myself an adept writer. But I have written two books that weren’t

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