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Free Online Writing Workshop
Welcome to our free online writing workshop. Beginning next week, we’ll be presenting one lesson here each Wednesday—a total of 10 lessons. Each lesson includes at least one exercise designed to reinforce the topic of that lesson and to help … Continue reading
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Tagged author, background, characters, critique, fiction, free, genre, grammar, image, manuscript, organization, phase outline, platform, plot, punctuation, reference, short story, submission, template, theme, website
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Website Design Changes
With spring comes spring cleaning, and websites should be no exception. We’ve been examining our site’s page load stats recently and noticed that there were a few areas of the site that received little or no traffic. This indicated to … Continue reading
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The Storm is here!
And you can win a free paperback copy! Announcing the release of The Storm is Coming: An Anthology. Storms can come out of a clear blue sky, or they can build over a long period. They can take many forms, … Continue reading
Call for Submissions
Submissions are now open for an as-yet untitled character-based Sleeping Cat Books anthology to be published in the fall of 2012. This anthology will be a black and white paperback edition and an ebook edition of short fiction. We will … Continue reading
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Tagged anthology, author, background, characters, genre, image, manuscript, plot, short story, speculative fiction, submission, theme, website
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Pre-order “The Storm is Coming” anthology
Storms can come in many forms, but they’re all terribly destructive. From a tornado or hurricane that can destroy all your belongings, to an abusive spouse who can destroy your sense of well-being, to human actions that can destroy an … Continue reading
Open call for submissions
Submissions are now open for the Sleeping Cat Books anthology to be published in the spring of 2012. This anthology will be a black and white paperback, and may include essays, short fiction, poetry, B&W photography, or B&W graphic images. … Continue reading
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Tagged anthology, author, image, manuscript, photo, poem, poetry, short story, speculative fiction, submission, website
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Driving Website Traffic
You’ve published a book and set up a website or blog to get the word out, but you’re just not seeing the traffic you’d hoped for. What to do? One answer is to start commenting on internet forums and other … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Marketing, Nonfiction
Tagged author, blog, customer base, forum, novel, platform, traffic, website
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Audiobook Month
June is Audiobook Month. The Audio Publishers Association (APA) will be doing lots of promotion this month of audiobooks through social media like Facebook,Twitter, and YouTube with the help of famous authors like Deepak Chopra, Judy Blume, and Sue Grafton. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged author, critique, grammar, manuscript, novel, plot, punctuation, short story, speculative fiction
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Author Websites
As an author, should you have your own website? Short answer: yes. Absolutely. Every author needs a platform from which to sell their work, and a website is an integral part of that platform. Whether you’ve been published by a … Continue reading
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