Make Your Readers Beg
Withholding – Making Your Readers Beg Withholding is a subtle art form. Remember, you’re not withholding from your reader, you’re withholding from your protagonist. But when you withhold from your protagonist, your readers…
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Story Pacing – Urgency – Hooking Readers
The First Fifty – Crucial – Pages of Your Book The first fifty pages of your book are crucial for setting the hook in your readers. Something has to happen. Something exciting, or…
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Why You Need an Author Website
Many authors don’t think they need a website because they rely on social media, book venues such as Amazon, or their publishers. Relying on outside websites doesn’t help you build your audience, even…
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Do I Need an FTC Disclosure on My Site?
Do I have to put an affiliate disclosure statement on my website? If you use any kind of links or advertising on your website where you receive monetary income if someone clicks…
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Where to Earn Affiliate Money From With Your Author Website
As we said in a previous post – Should You Put Affiliate Links On Your Author Website? – it’s not a bad idea to put some well-balanced affiliate links and advertisements on…
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Author Tips for Managing Social Media
Social media can seem a daunting task for many authors, but it can be a lot easier if you go about it the right way. Just like everything else, it does take some…
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How to Optimize Your Social Media Profile
Mainly this post is regarding Twitter, but much of it applies across all social media platforms. You may not realize how important your social media profile is to your audience’s expectations, but it…
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Children’s Book Marketing Ideas
As an author in the 21st century, you certainly have to be more vigilant with your own book marketing than ever before, in which case, many authors find themselves having to learn marketing…
