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Beware of Similes or Metaphors That Leave Readers Unaffected
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A Vivid Character Is More Than a Series of Attributes
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6 Steps to Get Your Self-Published Book Into Libraries
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When Your Story Opening Does Nothing But Blow Smoke
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How and Why to Build a Twitter Following While Unpublished
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Exposition Should Serve the Scene, Not the Other Way Around
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What Makes Readers Give an Unknown Author a Chance?
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The Problem Confronting Memoirists: Overabundance of Material
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6 Tips for Securing Speaking Engagements as a Self-Published Author
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A Game Plan for How to Nail Your Next Reading
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The Pros and Cons of Present Tense
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For Writers, Silence Might Not Be Golden After All
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How to Reach Out to Influencers for Book Promotion
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The Value of Touching Details
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Current Trends in Traditional Book Publishing: Fiction, Nonfiction and YA
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7 Non-Literary Ways for Writers to Get into the Flow
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Why Writers Should Use a Clearly Defined Perspective—Not an Indeterminate One
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Intellectual Property: The Big Picture for Authors
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Loss: The Exact Reason to Read and Write
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Manuscript Evaluations: What They Are and What to Expect
