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Extended Archives: Choosing the Right Title

Picking the right name for a book is about more than what sounds good to you or what feels right for the story. It is important to look at the title as part of your marketing. Along with the cover, titles will draw in the readers at first glance. And because it’s part of marketing,…

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S34E9 – Two Publishing Paths: Pros and Cons

Books have a publishing standard, and every Indie Author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded. – Eeva Lancaster

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S27 Bonus – What Is a Query Letter, and How Do I Write One?

The hardest thing about writing a novel is getting it published. – Marianne Cushing

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S25E8 – A Guide to Building an Author Brand

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. – Virginia Woolf

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S25E7 – A Guide to Publishing

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. – Mortimer J. Adler

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S20 Bonus – Myth Ten: Self-Publishing is Free

At heart, self-publishing is kind of like a bake sale. The end product does not need to resemble the one that comes from a commercial bakery, but it must taste good. No one wants the lumpy, under-baked oatmeal cookies with spinach and alfalfa flavored chips. – D.C. Williams

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Learning to Break the Rules of Word Count

Word count is a fickle thing. Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer weighs in at a hefty 460,000 words. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is barely 30,000. There are stories across all genres that span from a few hundred to several hundred-thousand words.

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S12E5 – Writing Effective Ads and Teases

If your target audience isn’t listening, it’s not their fault, it’s yours. – Seth Godin

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S12E3 – Choosing the Right Medium for Your Book

Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food. – Douglas Adams

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