I’m reaching out to you, or I’m contacting you. Do you have a preference? Perhaps both of them are okay for you. I might be showing my age, but I prefer to be contacted than reached out because it’s grammatically impossible to use it in the passive voice. You can’t say I was reached out…
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Can you end a sentence with a preposition? It’s a question writers have constantly debated, so there are varying opinions. The traditional rule is to avoid ending sentences with prepositions, but this rule now seems outdated. Ending a sentence with a preposition is often the most natural and effective way to write. One of the…
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Do free press releases for new books work, or are they a waste of time? If your aim is for the New York Times to notice your book and write about it, no, they won’t work. It’s improbable that any newspaper or magazine will notice your press release and mention you. But that shouldn’t be…
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If you are a writer, I’m sure you have a list of words to avoid in your writing. They might be words you use too often, by habit, or that you know are weak or vague. Writing is not as easy as it seems. For new writers, it takes time to realize that certain words…
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Self-publishing low- or no-content books on Amazon KDP has been big business for a long time. However, it’s important to note that there is now no option for a free ISBN for low-content books, which could pose a challenge for publishers. You don’t need to do much research to discover that publishing books with no…
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Yes, the correct answer is in regard to. It is incorrect to use in regards to. It’s so easy to make this mistake when writing, and it’s an error you can miss when proofreading. However, the grammar for regard and regards can be a little confusing because it is also correct to use as regards.…
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Is it possible to write a book on an iPad? The short answer is yes, you can, but it might not be the choice for every author. However, if you want the convenience and advantages of being able to write anywhere, anytime, it could be for you. An iPad is a wonderful tool, but can…
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Including graphs and tables in your articles, blog posts, or even ebooks is always worthwhile. They add terrific visual content to help you quickly explain data, statistics, or comparisons. You won’t use them in everything you write. But you probably have lots of opportunities to include charts or graphs in your new or existing content.…
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It’s so easy to create a children’s ebook with online tools available now. I’m certainly not a children’s book author or illustrator. But for this post, I had no problems at all in creating a simple ebook for kids. It took me around five minutes to design a ten-page PDF ebook. Once I decided on…
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Every day, I seem to spend more and more time monitoring and blocking spam and bad bot traffic. It doesn’t matter if your blog or website is big or small; bots are hitting it all the time. When I check a couple of my smaller sites that receive very few visitors per day, there is…
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