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Forget all about using Microsoft Word to create your free ebook cover for Kindle. The results are always low contrast, flat, and dull. There is a much better way to make a DIY book cover that will stand out from the crowd. And it will save you time because you can do it in just…
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Discovering how to polish your writing is a matter of learning, checking, editing, and proofreading. When you start writing your first draft, concentrate purely on getting all your ideas down. You shouldn’t worry at all about spelling and grammar checking at this stage. Good writers know that ideas are the most valuable asset in any…
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Advertising is the Internet’s original sin. Content creation takes a lot of time and hard work. If time is money, you spend an enormous amount of time writing articles and blog posts. When search engines index your work and web pages, people can find and access them. Then they can read everything you write for…
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There really are some weird names for things in English. Take, for instance, the day before yesterday. Most of us would probably use phrases like the day before the day before, or two days ago. But believe it or not, there’s a perfectly good word for it: ereyesterday. Who would know that? However, if you…
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How do you write reported speech dialogue? When you start to learn to write dialogue, it seems simple. All you need to do is add a reporting verb or dialogue tag. You probably learned this in high school. When a character speaks lines of dialogue, you put a double quotation mark at the beginning and end.…
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Many new writers think that they should write a book. Then, they leap instantly into publishing and try to become a published author and make mistakes. But it’s much easier to get an article published online. Getting a book deal with a traditional publisher is very difficult if you are a first-time author. You can…
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Does giving away free Kindle ebooks work? Every self-publishing author asks this question. In my case, I think I have asked myself this question at least one thousand times. Over the years, I must have given away more ebooks than I dare contemplate. I have used Amazon KDP Select and Smashwords and even turned a…
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Can you afford to pay for a professional book editor? For most self-publishing authors, the answer is probably no. The cost of developmental editing, copy editing, and line editing are all very expensive. In a traditional publishing house, professional editors and proofreaders are part of a lengthy and costly book production process. For independent authors, you…
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The best writing advice for any new writer is always about getting the basics right and learning how to write well. These apply to all types of writing and publishing. It doesn’t matter if you write a book, an article, an essay, or a blog post. You need to use the same basic writing skills.…
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Inversion in writing is when you place the verb before the subject. We use this type of inversion in question forms using the verb to be, modal, and auxiliary verbs. Inversion in English means changing the word order from the subject and then the verb to the opposite. You use inversion in English for questions…
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