Melanie Saxton

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Writing a legacy book means capturing your adventures for posterity! Writing a legacy book can be a meaningful and fulfilling project. It allows you to preserve your experiences, knowledge, and values for future generations. And if writing is not your strong suit, I’m here to help.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What’s the foundation of good writing? And it’s true that a simple structure helps communicate your message best. Such sentences sneak into my own writing, too. And I keep learning from the masters … “All you have to do is write one true sentence.” Write the truest sentence that you know.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

How do you make your words more powerful? How do you make your words sparkle so you ideas can burst forward? We devour the books by Hemingway and Chandler. We try to figure out why their writing is so powerful, and then apply the same techniques to our own writing. And how do you keep them hooked?

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Elna Cain

DECEMBER 3, 2022

I know I got into freelance writing because I absolutely love it. But part of being a successful freelance writer is not how well we write or how many clients we have – we also have to understand the money aspect of our business. I was anxious about working for myself and making enough to support my family.

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Enchanting Marketing

MAY 7, 2024

Who writes a post about 3 tiny dots? But here’s the thing … The ellipsis— dot dot dot —can have an outsized impact on your writing. It can adjust your tone, up suspense, and even keep your readers engaged. They build up your teeth. You see … Your Smile Can Make Or Break You!

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Enchanting Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

I wanted to write. I loved writing. But still … I’d do anything to delay writing. And then adrenaline would fuel a writing session, often late at night. Some people say: Just put your bum on a seat and write. Some people say: Just put your bum on a seat and write. Then, I let it go.

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Melanie Saxton

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re writing a technical manual, an autobiography, a novel, or a self-help book, how expertly you convey your message matters. Available on Amazon I’ve always loved storytelling, from the time I repeated fairy tales to my siblings to the time I began writing magazine editorials and editing books.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A good memoir lets me feel the author’s feelings, experience their struggles, and understand how they make their life choices. Even a good sales pitch makes me imagine how a product would make my life better, making me more eager to click Buy. Unfortunately, a lot of non-fiction writing lacks such imagination.

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Elna Cain

AUGUST 13, 2023

I’m sorry to tell you but – If you don’t have access to a computer or laptop you can’t do writing online. You run the risk of hand pain and that’s not a good injury to have if typing is your career! One of the other things to consider is how long you’re going to need your battery to last.

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Enchanting Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A good memoir lets me feel the author’s feelings, experience their struggles, and understand how they make their life choices. Even a good sales pitch makes me imagine how a product would make my life better, making me more eager to click Buy. Unfortunately, a lot of non-fiction writing lacks such imagination.

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Melanie Saxton

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

His military memoir captures his maritime adventures as a young man, harrowing conflicts in battle, the challenges of seafaring service, and the camaraderie of life aboard a naval vessel. If you’re interested in military history and naval escapades, this book is for you. We appreciate your involvement in our book effort. “We

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Enchanting Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If you want to write better sales copy, then learn the principles of persuasion and study how the best copywriters write their copy. How does their copy engage? How does it take away your objections to buying? How does it take away your objections to buying? How does it nudge you to buy?

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 17, 2024

There are a select few life lessons that I am fated to learn the hard way. Yet, what little I had read about boundaries when it came to writing (Protect your time! and how much I’ve learned since I began the journey, have revealed a lot about the ways I still need to grow to become the writer I want to be.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

How can you write a memoir that is emotionally honest and revealing enough for readers to care, and cope with the inevitable fear of judgment that evokes? How can you write about real places and people in memoir? You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 14, 2024

In her mind, I’d broken a universal rule: Memoir is about the past and therefore should always be past tense. I respectfully disagreed (and sold the book to a different publisher who shared my vision). Throughout the writing process, I kept in mind several cinematic, propulsive memoirs I’ve read and loved that also used present tense.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While querying agents and surviving submission, one thing that may keep you going is visualizing your story out in the world, hopefully, loved by the masses. Along with that, you may imagine hosting a reading before a packed house or even a small crowd of well-wishers huddled inside your favorite bookstore.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 27, 2024

Join her on Wednesday, April 3, for the online class Craft Your Memoir’s Beat Sheet. The more painful the event, the more you’ll want to write about it. But as you revise, you’ll discover that some (or many) of your scenes aren’t needed. Beats are part of the Beat Sheet tool Blake Snyder created for his book Save the Cat!

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 12, 2024

Today’s post is excerpted from The Nonfiction Book Marketing and Launch Plan by Stephanie Chandler, founder and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association. The goal is to build a relationship that not only leads to book sales but creates fans that stay with you for the long-term. Joe is passionate about his topic.

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Content Hacker

APRIL 14, 2024

You’ve got a blog, but you’re stuck on what to write about. Ideas that your audience will love, share, and keep coming back for more? Get ready to uncover unique blog ideas that resonate with your audience and position you as a thought leader in your domain. Are you ready to write your next blog post?

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 7, 2024

Today’s post is by author and book coach Susanne Dunlap. I have come late in life to this popular genre. Apart from the sheer pleasure of the experience, I’ve learned a great deal about what makes a story worth reading and why the genre is so appealing. Why, then, are they so enduringly popular? They want the happy-ever-after.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 8, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors. Plus, what is Author Nation? What do you really want? This is awesome.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 9, 2023

What do you do when a teen in your life is a diehard writer? When they won’t clean their room and just want to write stories or poems all day? You are lucky to have a dreamer in your life, and they are lucky to have you. So: watch what you tell your young writer. They might write about you one day!

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The Creative Penn

MAY 13, 2024

How can you blend ‘work for hire', ghostwriting, and being an indie author into a successful hybrid career writing books for children? This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. So welcome to the show.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

How’s your press kit doing these days? Sarah’s insightful and actionable advice led me to reflect on what sort of press kits I—and by extension the bloggers and journalists looking to write about authors and their books—see online: mostly downloadable PDFs with low quality images and limited content. Here’s how: 1.

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Jane Friedman

JUNE 14, 2023

Padriñán Ask the Editor is a column for your questions about the editing process and editors themselves. Submit your question or submit your pages. This month’s Ask the Editor is sponsored by The Writing Consultancy. Work with an expert editor to revise and submit your fiction or memoir. Stuck on revisions?

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 31, 2023

Join us on April 5 for the online class Write Better With Social Media. Social media doesn’t sell books in any provable way. No one strolls into their local independent bookstore to ask for “This book I saw in a tweet!” You should still be writing on social media. I’m a nonfiction writer focusing on writing craft.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 13, 2023

How can you let your creative dark horse run? What is the Shadow — and why explore your Shadow side? You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Let your dark horse run Introduction: What is the Shadow? Why explore your Shadow side? Perhaps it will help you, too.

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Smart Blogger

JANUARY 18, 2024

How many times have you heard one of the following aphorism examples? “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” They’re written in countless books and passed down as folk wisdom. They’re written in countless books and passed down as folk wisdom. Your wish is my command. But not today.

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Grammarly

APRIL 9, 2024

An epistolary novel entails a type of writing that tells stories through letters and other documentation, putting the reader into the head of one or more characters. Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly What is an epistolary novel?

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 1, 2024

I know it’s arbitrary in some ways, but I measure my life by what I create , and I measure it in years. If you’d like to share your goals, please add them in the comments below. If you’d like to share your goals, please add them in the comments below. Please share your goals in the comments so we can keep each other accountable.

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Smart Blogger

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Fiction vs nonfiction: two categories, two different worlds of reading and writing. Whether you’re a voracious reader or an aspiring writer, understanding these differences can transform your reading choices and writing style. Mystery/Thriller : These stories are all about suspense, intrigue, and plot twists.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 31, 2023

I hope you will take the time to review your goals and you're welcome to leave a comment below about how the year went. Thoughts on lighthouses and what yours might be, from The Comfort Book by Matt Haig quoting Anne Lamott; “We’re in an artist’s age now,” reflections on the changing author business model from Johnny B.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 30, 2024

Photo by Nate Neelson on Unsplash Today’s post is by book coach Ayesha Ali. Your protagonist must have a story goal. That is a piece of writing advice that rarely gets elaborated upon. So what does your character do in these early chapters when things haven’t been shaken up yet? Avoidance is a deceptive concept.

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Express Writers

APRIL 24, 2024

If you enjoy writing of any type, a career as a freelance copywriter could be a good choice for you. It is also a great way to take control of your career and work-life balance. If you have ever wondered how to get started as a freelance copywriter, this guide is for you. What Is a Freelance Copywriter?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 18, 2023

How can you stand out with your books as more content is created faster with AI? How can you reach readers with your authentic story and experience? However, it is clear that more and more books and other content, both written and video and audio will be generated by AI in the years to come.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 21, 2024

How can you build a creative, sustainable career as a ‘mid-list' indie author? How can you design a business that works for you and your books over the long term? ” Stephen King ; Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

How can you transition into being an author after a long-term career elsewhere? How can you adopt an attitude of service in order to build your network in an authentic manner? Plus an update from 20BooksVegas, which will now be Author Nation ; and signing my gold foil hardbacks of Writing the Shadow.

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