on A Marketing Expert: People often love to talk about book marketing mistakes, and believe me I’ve seen a lot of them. I don’t mind talking about what authors are doing wrong when it comes to marketing their books, but it’s also helpful to offer a solution to what is generally considered a consistent issue. […]

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on Just Publishing Advice: When it comes to using present perfect vs. past simple in writing, it often depends on which side of the Atlantic you live. The simple past tense is more common in US English, while the present perfect is used much more in British English. Of all the tenses in English, these […]

via Writing In Present Perfect vs Past Simple For Novels – by Derek Haines… — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

on The Book Designer: Newsletters are widely regarded as one of the best marketing tools because your subscribers are inviting you into their inbox. While that is great, it can take time for your newsletters to convert a subscriber into a customer or client, so you will need to plan on sending out newsletters on […]

via Why You Need a Template for Your Newsletter (and What to Put in It) – by Nate Hoffelder… — Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog

on Writers Digest: Here’s a list of 100 common publishing terms and their definitions, including the meanings of ARC, high concept, simultaneous submissions, and so much more. Get Full Details HERE

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on Writers Digest: Here’s a list of 100 common publishing terms and their definitions, including the meanings of ARC, high concept, simultaneous submissions, and so much more. Get Full Details HERE

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Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. As Plato’s most famous student, Aristotle spent his time researching and writing on a vast array of topics such as physics, ethics, poetry, aesthetics, theatre, economics and politics. So highly regarded in his time, he was even appointed as the tutor of Alexander […]

via 35 Excellent Quotes by Aristotle on Life, Education & Politics — Turtle Quotes

Last time I mentioned that I usually have several hundred tabs open in my computer browser at any one time. When I don’t have time to read or take action on information in a link right away, keeping the tab open reminds me to check it out later. Today’s post is an example of how […]

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Dave Chesson, aka Kindlepreneur, recently published what I think is the ultimate guide to designing your book cover. While I use Alex of 187Designz for all of my book covers, Dave has compiled a list of: The best book cover design software, both paid and free; Book cover design templates and pre-made book covers, Best […]

via How to Design Your Book Cover — Nicholas C. Rossis

This one is more my style. I’m definitely more of an indoors author than an outdoors one, which is my choice. Specifically, I prefer to write at home. Here is where I have full control over my surroundings and I can be comfortable with what i’m doing. There’s no lack of privacy or a sense […]

via Writing Indoors: A Test of Isolation or Socialization? — Legends of Windemere

From Mary: I definitely do all of my writing at home for all of the reasons you wrote about and a few more. I will read anywhere and most places if it is not rude to do such. I do write ideas and snippets on my One Note phone.