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  • How to Handle a Negative Book Review

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • March 2, 2015
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    You know you need plenty of reviews to keep your book climbing the popularity charts, but you also know that not all of them are going to be 5 stars-worth of praise and glowing recommendation that others read your book immediately. What can you do to h...

  • Writing a Book Review

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • January 27, 2015
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    The main thing to remember when you're writing a book review is that it is meant to be a critical evaluation, a commentary on your own opinion that offers an argument. A very brief summary is included of course, but only to give the reader th...

  • Self-Publishing The Old Fashioned Way – Print On Demand Publishing

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • January 15, 2015
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    Before there were online publishing websites, self-publishers did things a little differently. Self-publishing bore a striking resemblance to traditional publishing, except the authors wore every hat and did all of the work by themselves - unless the...

  • Marketing Your Self-Published Book Doesn't Have to Be Hard

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • January 8, 2015
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    In the beginning of every career, there is a time when you have to pay your dues from the bottom rung – or near the bottom at least. As writers, because of the solitary nature of our craft and the fact that we may not exactly enjoy having to mi...

  • Writing Dialogue ~ Is 'He Said/She Said' Enough?

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • January 5, 2015
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    Although we're not likely to enjoy hearing this, dialogue may be the single most important aspect of any novel. Most editors will go directly to a dialogue portion of your manuscript before reading anything else. This is because the dialogue in...

  • 10 Writing Tips to Get You to “The End”

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • December 27, 2014
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    Feeling like you'll never finish your book? Take heart and read on...

  • Marketing Your Self-Published Book – Social Media for Writers

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • December 20, 2014
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    In my last article about marketing your self-published book I talked about creating your author platform. Part of the creation of that platform will naturally (hopefully) be some kind of blog or website that showcases your work. Other than a ve...

  • How to Format an Email Query Letter

    How to format an email query letter to an agent or publisher.

  • How Google Alerts Can Help You Build an Organic Web Presence

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • December 16, 2014
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    In the ongoing quest for connections, readers, and book buyers, authors need to be aware of the online tools that can help them build a solid web presence. One that is based on more than the foundation (though solid enough) of content alone. Co...

  • Writing Tips for Fiction Authors

    • Posted by Patricia Ross
    • December 14, 2014
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    We can imagine that it goes without saying that in order to be a great writer you need to be a great reader. Yet there are countless authors who have offered this advice and countless writers who have ignored it. Whatever genre you're in, read ...

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