I’ve seen authors spend their hard-earned advances—or even pre-paid in advance of a hoped for advance. Look at it with an accountant’s eyes: is spending money on giveaway loot a financially sound decision?
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Once you start a new chapter, how do you end it in a way that’s compelling and irresistible? Try these 17 sure-fire tips.
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How do you make the best of your appearance at a bookstore or library? Here’s how to hit it out of the literary ballpark.
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Clothing as shorthand. So let’s say your character decides to wear this jacket. Why would she (or he) do that?
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You do the best you can, plan the best you can, and if on the day your writer event happens, happens it’s a disaster. That’s okay. How do you have a successful writer event? Let’s talk about that.
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