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5 On: Amy Tipton
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How to Use Swag to Support Your Book Marketing
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Something to Remember as NaNoWriMo Begins
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Marketing Advice Roundup: Best of the Last Year
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How to Research Your Writing to Ensure Technical Accuracy
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How to Understand Your Reader’s Level of Awareness to Grow Your Fanbase
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5 Tips for Selling Your Books at Events—on a Budget
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Don’t Be Too Smart or Clever in Your Book Descriptions
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Writing Immigrant Characters: Avoiding Exoticism
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Overcoming Creativity Wounds
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3 Principles for Finding Time to Write
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Pre-Publication Marketing: A Van Tour to Bookstores
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5 On: Russell Rowland
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6 Questions to Help Nonfiction Writers Find Their Niche
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10 Ways to Build Traffic to Your Author Website or Blog
