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April 21, 2020

African American Images on Book Cover Premades!

If you’ve been following this blog for the past five years you know one of my biggest complaints has been the lack of African American/Black themed premade book covers. And guess what? I found a few! Beetiful Book Covers “Launched in 2013 by Stefanie Fontecha, Beetiful Book Covers offers African American premade book covers.” Cover… Continue reading

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March 8, 2018

10 Ways to Write an Unforgettable Memoir | Shayla Raquel

Check out this most excellent post from Shayla on writing a memoir. Number One is a most important point. I always wanted to write a memoir but I stopped writing the drafts and deleted the sneak peeks I’d shared with my email list (so embarrassing lol) and decided to start over. I’ve learned so much… Continue reading

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January 13, 2017

Owning Your Writing Craft

Originally posted on Ryan Lanz: ? by Tonya R. Moore There’s all this hubbub floating around out there lately, conflicting theories of all the DOs and DON’Ts of what it takes to be or become a successful author. Some time ago, I saw some Perpetual Writing Advice Giver actually tweet that if you’re a writer… Continue reading

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January 8, 2017

This week in Indie Publishing News

This week in Indie Publishing from Don. Don Massenzio Self-Publishing: An Insult to the Written Word or a Boon to the Industry? In an article by author Laurie Gough titled Self-Publishing: An Insult to the Written Word, she argues that self-publishing is devaluing to the art of writing, disrespectful, and less desirable than sharing “a… Continue reading

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August 7, 2016

How To Choose Ebook Promotion Sites Worth Your Money.

Excellent bullet points. I especially like the point about how many books go out in each email. Lots of promo sites promise promoting to a large email list. Sounds good to have your book pushed to 55,000, but depending on the number of authors whose books are promoted in that same list, your book may… Continue reading

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August 1, 2016

My 7 Step Writing Process

It really does not take me long to write a book once I’ve settled on an idea I think will work. Below is my 7 step process. If I follow this, it takes me about 6 months to finish writing a first draft. Caution: What you’re about to read is weird and does not necessarily… Continue reading

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April 26, 2016

A Good Review on Basics: Avoiding Writing Scams

Originally posted on Just Can't Help Writing: This piece from Just Publishing Advice distills some important basic considerations to attend to for those of us trying to learn the book-publishing and marketing process. I get “requests” to submit manuscripts quite often and have usually wondered who it is that’s so desperate to see my work… Continue reading

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