Where to go and what to research: Contests and Markets for Any Month Start your year off write. Submit! Here’s a list of over 300 publications seeking poetry, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, and more. You’ll find more than you’re looking for and it might stimulate some new ideas for publishing and collaboration as well as writing.
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Winter 2025 ~~ Marketing
“To market successfully, you’ll have to connect with this readership’s unique aspects.” ~~Eleanor Hecks 5 Marketing Strategies for YA Authors to Engage Young Readers By Eleanor Hecks Writer Advice EDITOR’S NOTE: If you’re a YA author reading this, I’d be interested in collaborating on publicity. I have 2 books on the market, Talent and Disrupted,
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Winter 2025 ~~ Interview(s)
“Don’t be afraid to follow your gut.” ~~ Katie Garner Justice Achieved Plus an Author’s Twists, Turns, and Tips An interview with Katie Garner Do you ever really know your family or the people you love? Do you ever know how you might respond to a crisis before it happens? I have a page on
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Winter 2025 ~~ Hooked on Books
Editor’s Note: I hope you like the selections we’re sharing here. If you have a book you’d like reviewed or you’d like to write reviews for us (250-350 words please), you can reach us through the contact box on the home page. No guarantees because my TBR stack is always high, but you might have
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Winter 2025 ~~ Writing Advice
“I’ll only say what I love in the writing unless you ask for something else.” ~~B. Lynn Goodwin January Writing Prompts Try a personal essay or a poem as you write about one or more of these questions. OR write from the POV of a character you’re working with instead of yourself? OR mix
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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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