Grammarly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Imagine, for a moment, that you’re standing in a library searching for a book by your favorite author, Truman Capote. As you prepare to scour the stacks, you figure it shouldn’t be too hard to locate Capote’s best-selling In Cold Blood. The classic book In Cold Blood is an example of creative nonfiction.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

How can using Pinterest more like a search engine help you sell more books? What are some of the ways to use Pinterest most effectively for book marketing? Trona: I think the best way to think about Pinterest is that it's actually more like a search engine than social media. Trona Freeman gives her tips.

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It often tackles complex themes and societal issues, for example, fiction books like Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, which delves into racial injustice and moral growth. A prime fiction book example is Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None , a classic that keeps readers guessing until the very end.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 3, 2024

David is currently crafting his tenth novel, and his first nonfiction book on health and longevity, as he battles prostate cancer. David and wife, Tammy, enjoy travel, books, films, and hiking in and around their home in San Diego. I bought the top five books on the subject and started learning. Wanna write a screenplay?

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Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

But the question lingering in the back of your mind is, “how to write a book?” Visualize Your Success : Close your eyes and imagine holding your published book. Step 2: Developing Your Book Idea At the heart of every book is an idea , a spark. Ever heard of romantic suspense or historical fantasy?

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 16, 2024

Photo by Agustin Gunawan on Unsplash Today’s post is by book coach and editor Amy Koerner. Despite the recent wave of LGBTQ+ book bans, sales of queer fiction titles are booming. million LGBTQ+ fiction books were sold in the US alone, a 173% increase compared to 2019. From May 2022 to May 2023, 6.1

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What do you need in the beginning of your novel so your reader buys your book? Today's show is sponsored by IngramSpark, which I use to print and distribute my print-on-demand books to 40,000 retailers including independent bookstores, schools and universities, libraries, and more. You can find Shane Millar at swmillar.com.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 19, 2023

How can Bookfunnel help authors reach more readers, sell more books, and sell direct? In the intro, Hello Books and Written Word Media have joined forces for promo stacking ; Call to Action (CTA) tips [ ALLi ]; my free Author Blueprint ; Bundle for writers [ Storybundle ]. That's how I originally met you all those years ago.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 21, 2024

How can you design a business that works for you and your books over the long term? With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Their latest book is The Midlist Indie Author Mindse t.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 12, 2023

What are some of the most effective ways to market your book? What are the best ways to reach a Christian audience? Thomas: So back when I was in college, I started writing a book, as many college students do. None of the agents were particularly interested in my book at the time. Joanna: But you have got books, right?

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 9, 2023

This month’s Ask the Editor is sponsored by Book Pipeline. The 2023 Book Pipeline Unpublished contest is awarding $20,000 for unpublished manuscripts across eight categories of fiction and nonfiction: Literary, Romance, Mystery / Thriller, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, YA, Middle Grade, Picture Books, and Nonfiction.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 8, 2024

Joe Solari helps authors build great businesses through books, courses, and podcasting, as well as strategy and operations consulting. First of all, for a new author who is just starting out, maybe they have one or two books, they might just even be writing their first book— What are your tips for authors just starting out?

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 20, 2023

Joseph Nassise talks about his writing process, how he diversifies his business across different publishers, different products, and different technologies, as well as how he is embracing new options for his books. It's your content—do more with it through IngramSpark.com. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Do you want your books to stand out in a sea of content by being authentic and personal in your writing whatever the genre? Writing the Shadow is a book of my heart and it contains many personal stories — but this book is really about helping you reach readers with your words — and move to the next level in your writing.

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Kristi Hines

JUNE 1, 2023

Bookworm – Leverage AI to receive personalized book suggestions, scanning myriad titles to identify your next great read. ChatWithPDF – Engage with a range of PDF books and Google Drive documents through chat simply by providing a link. Coupert – Search for the best online coupons from thousands of e-stores.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 25, 2024

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Holmes is a book marketing and direct sales specialist and the business partner of fantasy author, Lori Holmes. Holmes Joanna: Matthew J.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 6, 2023

How can you focus on writing, as well as sell more books, and stay healthy? Prolific fantasy author Lindsay Buroker shares her tips. Lindsay Buroker is the author of over 100 books across epic fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and more. What does your book business look like now?

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 7, 2023

It doesn’t matter if you’re halfway through writing a book, sweating over social media posts, or journaling about your own life, all writers get stuck for creative ideas sometimes. Fantasy Writing Prompts If you could come back to life as any person, animal or thing, what or who would you be and how would you live your second life?

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 9, 2023

Today’s post is by book advertising consultant Matt Holmes ( @MatthewJHolmes1 ). From April 2020 through to November 2022, I ran Facebook Ads in a way that ticked all the boxes when it came to best practices. After all, these are your ideal readers who are going to love your book!

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this article, we’ll delve into the intricacies of book author earnings — from traditional publishing paychecks to the potential windfalls of self-publishing. This is where book advances and book royalties come into the picture. After an advance, we step into the realm of book royalties.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio The following article first appeared in my paid newsletter, The Hot Sheet , which covers book publishing industry news and trends for authors. While book sales were down in 2022 compared to 2021, they’d be down much further if it weren’t for TikTok. Learn more.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How I started writing and became an indie author — you can find my timeline here The early days of writing and self-publishing, including mistakes I made and changes along the way Rewriting early books and applying lessons learned about writing Inspiration for my fiction as J.F. So, I started writing that first book. Welcome, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How I started writing and became an indie author — you can find my timeline here The early days of writing and self-publishing, including mistakes I made and changes along the way Rewriting early books and applying lessons learned about writing Inspiration for my fiction as J.F. So, I started writing that first book. Welcome, Joanna.

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Dr. Rissy's Writing and Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2023

Most of us have an idea for a book in our minds. It could be a fictional story, an autobiography, a business book, or something that can help change the world. Their role is to take those ideas and transform them into an actual book. Quite simply, you’re paying someone to write your book for you.” Publishing.

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Make a Living Writing

AUGUST 14, 2023

The worldbuilding survey acts as a guide as you create a completely new world (fantasy, science-fiction, etc.) However, many of the features discussed above seem best suited for plotters. Inkarnate —This service was created for fantasy writers as they seek to create their storyworlds.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Derek Murphy writes urban fantasy, YA, and romance fiction as D.S. Murphy , as well as books for authors on writing and marketing. Joanna Penn Derek Murphy writes urban fantasy, YA and romance fiction, as well as books for authors on writing and marketing. Now you designed some of my early book covers —.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 17, 2023

For example, if you’re writing middle-grade fantasy graphic novels, you probably want to see some similar titles already represented by the agent you’re querying. Talking to people is often the best way to get a sense of which agents are well respected. I used a spreadsheet to keep track of the agents I was thinking of querying.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Who are you at the heart of your books? With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. So it wasn't JK Rowling, it was JK Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

There are many options for book marketing, so how do you choose the right ones for you? I give my thoughts on the different polarities on the marketing scale to help you figure out what might work for your book, your stage on the author journey, and your lifestyle. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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Jane Friedman

JULY 19, 2023

Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash Today’s post is by book coach and Enneagram teacher Dani Abernathy. So you do your best to mute yourself. More than ever, we need true stories (even those set in fantasy worlds) that help people understand folks who aren’t like them. Self impact: How you want your book to change yourself.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Today's show is sponsored by Ingram Spark, which I use to print and distribute my print-on-demand books to 40,000 retailers including independent bookstores, schools and universities, libraries, and more. Martha Carr is the best-selling author of over 200 urban fantasy novels. I do it on Book One when Book Three is coming out.

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The 5 Most Realistic Ways to Make Money Writing Get Paid to Write Articles for Blogs, Magazines, and Journals Make Money by Creating Collateral for Content-Hungry Businesses Get Paid to Write by Becoming a Best-Selling Kindle Author Make Money Writing as a Conversion-Focused Copywriter Build a Niche Blog and Promote Third Party Products 1.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 4, 2023

Figuring out how to get from “shoveling sand into a box,” as Shannon Hale calls the first draft, to something polished enough to pitch, is not easy even for best-selling authors. It’s a long way from there to her polished, deeply researched books. World-building isn’t only for fantasy, sci-fi, and historical fiction.

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Make a Living Writing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Where to Find the Best Poetry Contests and How to Enter: Before we dive into the numerous contests taking place, we need to give you a quick disclaimer on the unfortunate scams that, in very rare cases, can occur. This year’s themes are science / fiction / fantasy / horror / science. Submissions must be sent to balcones@austincc.edu.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 9, 2023

Get your free Author Marketing Guide at draft2digital.com/penn John Gaspard is the author of mysteries and nonfiction film books, a podcast host, and film director. His latest book is The Popcorn Principles: A Novelist's Guide to Learning from Movies. But from the book, you say, “Exploit the unique.”

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

How can we use AI tools in our creative and business processes while still keeping our humanity at the core of our books? You can support the show at www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller and dark fantasy author as J.F.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

If you want your book to be the best it can be, then working with a professional editor is the next step. In my experience, good professional editors are well worth the investment as they help improve your book and your craft, especially in the initial stages of your writing journey. But finding an editor is like dating.

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