March Prompts Welcome to March. Try any of these prompts. Set a timer for 20 minutes. Finish the sentence. Write your next sentence and keep going. If you get stuck, use the sentence start again, and see where the writing takes you. When I looked out the window . . . When I listened
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Prior Contest Winners–Scintillating Starts 2024
The Contest Winners Are Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin “The ideal book will entice readers with something new—new characters, new plot, new outcome, a sense of urgency, or even an unexpected look at a familiar topic.” ~~B. Lynn Goodwin Scintillating Starts with Promise The publishing world is constantly changing. Today’s agents are
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Fall 2024 ~~ Interview
“Working with multiple editors has also helped to dispel the fear factor and angst of failing.” ~~Marlene Bell My Genre Chose Me An Interview with Marlene Bell Marlene Bell has many talents as you’ll see in her first response below. This is an interview that will show you the powers that come with self-publishing,
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Fall 2024 Hooked on Books
April Spring Written by Leila Meacham ISBN #: 978-0063323100 Harper (November 12, 2024) Pursued or Paranoid? Have you ever seen the TV program, “What would you do?” Here are a couple of questions for you: What would you do if someone stole your power as an academic and someone else stole your power as a
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Fall 2024 ~~ Writing Advice
No Time to Write in December? Try this: Close the door to the room where your desk or a desk is. Turn off your phone or put it on airplane mode. Set your timer for 20 minutes. Write about any holiday moment in your memory. Here are a couple of starts I could use. What
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Fall 2024 ~~ Marketing
Using Google Ads to Market Your Author Website? Here’s What You Need to Know An article from Forbes highlights that the self-publishing industry has grown exponentially in the past decade. Over the last five years alone, WordsRated found that the number of self-published books has increased by 264%. However, this also means that competition has
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Fall 2024 ~~ Markets and Contests
There are more markets than contests here, including some that will let you voice your opinion in OpEds. You’re guaranteed publication with the last opportunity on the page. Why not give something here a try and let us know how it goes. We’d really like to know. Do you write for or represent a publication
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2024 Flash Prose Prior Contest Winners
The Contest Winners Are Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin EDITOR’S NOTE: ✍️ The Flash Memoir Contest remained open according to one site publicizing it. People thought this meant that Flash Memoir and Flash Fiction were running concurrently. Okay. Things happen. The best solution seemed to be to turn this into a
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Summer 2024 — Hooked on Books
Do you review books? Do you know of a book we should consider reviewing? Please share using the contact box towards the bottom of the home page. Many thanks! Murder by Milkshake Written by Elizabeth Maria Naranjo ISBN: 979-8882789847 Independently published (July 15, 2024) Classic Who-dun-it in Pinewood, AZ Most teens can’t wait to leave
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Writing Advice ~~ Summer 2024
You can say a lot in a letter that you might have trouble saying in person. September Writing Prompts Ever read an epistolary novel? You can say a lot in a letter that you might have trouble saying in person. Here are some things to try: Write a letter to your younger self offering advice.
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Summer 2024 ~~ Marketing Advice
“How can writers harness this tool effectively?” Is Influencer Marketing Effective for Authors? Influencer marketing has become a powerful tool across various industries. In recent years, social media platforms like TikTok have been key in driving literary interest. According to the New York Times, authors sold 20 million printed books in 2021 thanks to influencers
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Summer 2024~~Interview
“Like many women writers, I don’t like the term women’s fiction because it’s been perceived as non-serious (think beach-reads.) I prefer the term book club fiction which is the genre I write in, and most novels I love are in that genre.” ~~Anoop Judge EDITOR’S NOTE: Anoop Judge is a wise author of four books
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