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S2E5 – Designing Your Own Cover

Good cover design is not only about beauty. It’s a visual sales pitch. It’s your first contact with a potential reader. Your cover only has around three seconds to catch a browsing reader’s attention. You want to stand out and make them pause and consider, and read the synopsis. – Eeva Lancaster

Writer’s Retreat: Editing

June 25, 2019 Leigh Hull 1 Comment

It’s a trend we’ve seen too often in self-published works. A trend that’s hurting the outlook on the industry as a whole. Too many new authors are neglecting the editing process. Editing is an essential part of eventually becoming published, even if you choose to self-publish. Too often, new authors let their fear of critique…