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  • How to Make Writing Your Career

    How to Make Writing Your Career

    April 4, 2022February 16, 2024

    This post originally ran on my site The Self Publisher. How do you become a writer? After thirty years of…

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  • Do You Need an Author Pen Name?

    Do You Need an Author Pen Name?

    February 28, 2022

    This post originally ran on my blog The Self-Publisher, and I’m sharing it here. You’re finishing writing your first book,…

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  • Why You Should Write What You Don’t Know

    Why You Should Write What You Don’t Know

    February 7, 2022

    Today’s guest post is by author Beatrice Manuel. We’ve all heard the golden advice passed down from generations of successful…

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  • 6 Factors to Becoming Super Productive

    6 Factors to Becoming Super Productive

    September 6, 2021

    If you’re like so many people these days, you’re fatigued and often unmotivated. Covid has wreaked damage not only to…

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  • 2 Key Factors in Successfully Outlining Stories

    2 Key Factors in Successfully Outlining Stories

    August 16, 2021

    Today’s guest post is by Andrea Turrentine. If you intend to write a novel, I can tell you most publishers…

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  • 8 Elements That Get Readers Invested in Your Story

    8 Elements That Get Readers Invested in Your Story

    August 9, 2021

    Today’s guest post is by Stefan Emunds. Readers don’t just invest money but also time and effort. They suspend their…

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  • 5 Common Mistakes Writers Make That Sabotage Their Success

    5 Common Mistakes Writers Make That Sabotage Their Success

    July 26, 2021

    Today’s guest post is by Bella Mahaya Carter. I’m neither unique nor alone in having made mistakes as a writer…

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  • Why Writers Should Take the Risk and De-Isolate

    Why Writers Should Take the Risk and De-Isolate

    July 19, 2021

    Today’s guest post is by Lou Normann Writers isolate. We do. We want to be alone, we need solitude, we…

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  • Getting to the Heart of Why You Write What You Write

    Getting to the Heart of Why You Write What You Write

    July 12, 2021

    Understanding why you write what you write, and what brings joy to your writing, is key because if you are…

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