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  • Eek! EBooks!

    Eek! EBooks!

    January 16, 2012February 6, 2024

    We’ve been looking at the explosive trend of eBook distribution and the decline of traditional publishing these last few weeks….

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  • Don’t “Try and” Do Anything!

    Don’t “Try and” Do Anything!

    January 13, 2012February 11, 2025

    One of my big pet peeves is the “try and” construction, which many writers fall victim to because we have…

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  • Hold Back the Back Story

    Hold Back the Back Story

    January 11, 2012

    Because I read hundreds of first chapters of novels a year as a writing coach, contest judge, and copyeditor, I’ve…

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  • Doors to Publishing That Were Never Open Before

    Doors to Publishing That Were Never Open Before

    January 9, 2012February 6, 2024

    Last week, Mark Coker, founder of the eBook distributions site Smashwords, posted a blog summarizing his company’s performance over 2011…

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  • Speaker Tags ~ You Can’t Cough Speech

    Speaker Tags ~ You Can’t Cough Speech

    January 6, 2012

    Speaker tags can only use verbs that can be used to create speech. Writers often get creative in their speaker…

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  • The Place Where All Stories Begin

    The Place Where All Stories Begin

    January 4, 2012

    I thought it would be appropriate to start the New Year focusing on beginnings. Most authors know that the beginning…

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  • Insights on EBook Trends

    Insights on EBook Trends

    January 2, 2012

    I touched last week on traditional publishing’s downfall. I want to share some points I gleaned from the Smashwords eBook…

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  • Hear That Sound?

    Hear That Sound?

    December 26, 2011

    Bricks tumbling to the ground, glass shattering? That’s the sound of the traditional publishing industry crashing. We can hide our…

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