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What Surprised Me Most About Self-Publishing My Book
Once you start promoting your work, you’ll be amazed at how the book lands in the hands of the right readers.
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Sep 22, 20215 min read
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Ideas for Self-Published Book Promotion
Learn creative ways to put your book's message out there for readers to see & invest in.
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Sep 15, 20217 min read
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How to Design Your Indie Book Cover
Find out how to create a cover that your book is worthy of through my tips from designing my own book.
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Sep 8, 20216 min read
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How I Almost Wrecked My Book
How my reboot of my book got off the ground & how I discovered the biggest mistake I almost made as a writer.
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Aug 31, 20216 min read
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Lessons from Writing a Novel in Stories
Learn about the challenges of developing The Goodbye-Love Generation so you can find solutions for your own work in progress.
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Aug 24, 20215 min read
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Why Nanci Griffith Matters to Writers
We need to talk about why Nanci’s work is so important to writers and why we owe it to ourselves to study her craft.
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Aug 17, 20216 min read
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Where My Book Came From (Literally.)
All book ideas start somewhere, and mine started with a rude awakening about who I was meant to be as a writer.
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Aug 10, 20216 min read
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What Writers Can Learn from Simone Biles
How Biles's decision to take a stand for her mental health should inspire writers & creatives.
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Aug 3, 20215 min read
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Dear Frustrated Author: Stop Writing.
Sometimes, the best thing to do when frustration sets in is to do something else.
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Jul 20, 20214 min read
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Flannery O'Connor & the Joy of the Craft
How Flannery O'Connor taught me about the source of our joy as artists during my visit to Milledgeville, Georgia.
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Jul 13, 20215 min read
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When Writing Stops Being Fun
How we've sucked the soul out of being creative...& how to get it back.
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Jul 6, 20213 min read
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Writing Through Grief & Family Trauma
Learn how writing about difficult family relationships & experiences can be a powerful tool for reaching new understanding & creativity.
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Jun 29, 20216 min read
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Tips for Interviewing Family for Writing
Learn how to interview family so you can not just capture the stories, but achieve the perfect wording and details to bring them to life.
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Jun 22, 20214 min read
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How This is Us Keeps Family Stories Real
This is Us is a bingeworthy masterwork with a lot to teach writers about crafting family stories.
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Jun 15, 20216 min read
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Pride & Prejudice & Writing Families
If you really want to expand your arsenal of tools for portraying families in your writing, Jane Austen gives a master class on it.
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Jun 8, 20215 min read
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Lessons of Faith from Elizabeth Giger
Meet Elizabeth Giger, homeschool mom & author of Beyond the Front Door.
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Jun 1, 20214 min read
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5 Tips For Concise Writing
The most important part of your job is to find the shortest, most powerful way to tell them what you have to say.
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May 25, 20215 min read
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What Is Writing Style All About?
Transformation for your writing happens when you determine what you do best, where it comes from, and how to do as much of it as possible.
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May 18, 20215 min read
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3 Tips for Editing Your Own Writing
Beat typos & errors with my favorite techniques for being a great self editor.
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May 10, 20215 min read
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Everything Your English Teacher Taught You About Editing Is Wrong.
More than likely, your teacher got it wrong. Editing isn't what you think it is.
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May 3, 20215 min read
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