Derek Haines

English teacher, writer, and author. Passionate about grammar, creative writing, and self-publishing. Always exploring new tools and tech to help writers succeed.

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Ten Common Punctuation Mistakes

Ten Common Punctuation Mistakes You Need to Avoid Making

Accuracy is vital in producing good writing, but what about common punctuation mistakes? Basic grammar and spelling mistakes weaken any text, so you always need to correct them. However, it is easy to overlook the most common punctuation mistakes if you are not careful. Sometimes laziness can create punctuation errors, so you need to check…

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KDP Delivery Costs Can Cut Ebook Royalties

KDP Downloads Charge Reduces Your Kindle Ebook Royalties

If you publish with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), do you know the royalty structure for Kindle ebooks? A KDP downloads charge is always deducted from your royalty. When a reader buys one of your Kindle ebooks, Amazon deducts a small amount from your royalties for delivery. You probably never noticed, but there is a royalty…

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Learn How To Install A Wordpress Sandbox

How To Use A WordPress Sandbox To Safely Test Drive Your Site

Many writers now use a self-hosted WordPress blog to earn extra income from content marketing, books, and advertising. A WordPress sandbox is the best way to protect your income. WordPress is a powerful blogging platform. But the vast number of useful features, themes, and plugins, require good website management skills and basic security knowledge to…

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My Books Are Not Selling

My Books Aren’t Selling: 10 Practical Things You Can Do

It’s frustrating when your books aren’t selling, especially after all the time and effort you put into writing and publishing them. However, poor sales don’t always mean your book is bad. In many cases, minor issues with visibility, positioning, marketing, or reader expectations can make it difficult for a book to gain reasonable sales or…

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