Book covers matter. One publisher I worked for used to say that a cover was a billboard for the book—the only promotion your story has once it’s on its own on the shelf, waiting to be picked up and bought and read. Here’s a look at book covers, and what makes them work—or not.
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Does your work have a strong organizing principle? It’s not what happens in your story, but rather how you choose to frame what happens in your story.
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The truth is … Everybody lies.
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On St. Patrick’s Day, all writers are a wee bit Irish.
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Sooner or later, you may face the challenge of how to write a book proposal. If you’re writing nonfiction or memoir, it’s obligatory. But even if you are not, you should know what’s included.
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We all play God when we write our stories, building our own worlds. What kind of god are you?
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