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How much thought do you give to the ways you start a sentence? Because you do it every ten, fifteen, or twenty words, it’s easy to overlook the first few words you use. Maybe you don’t realize it, but are your sentences often beginning with I, he, she, or the or an? Perhaps, there is,…
Interrogative pronouns include the words who, whom, whose, what, and which. While they are words you often use, they can pose issues in certain situations. We use the words to construct clear and precise questions, yet even experienced writers sometimes have to double-check. That’s why it never hurts to occasionally brush up on your basic…
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Almost every day, I see posts on Reddit, X, or Facebook where authors say, “Someone copied my book.” It’s so frequent that I rarely pay attention any longer. Why? Because every book I have published has been copied, pirated, or made available for sale or free on shady websites. It’s the same for most authors,…
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An ever-present danger in writing is relying on your assumed facts. We tend to trust our memory when writing, so simple slip-ups can easily happen. The most common involve dates, geography, and historical events. Innocent mistakes with facts like these can easily happen because our memory is never 100% accurate. However minor they seem, mistakes…
If you’re new to self-publishing and ebook formatting, it’s easy to think that your ebook text justification will look just the same as it appears on your screen. However, ebooks follow a different set of formatting rules. Unlike a print book, an ebook uses dynamic reflowable text. Because of this, justified text options can create…
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Of course, you always want people to discover your writing, whether it’s an article, a short story, or your latest book. However, after you hit publish, you wait, and wait, and nothing happens. But it’s not just happening to you. Until recently, writers and authors could pretty much rely on search engines to deliver regular…
Every writer needs to check facts, and these free research tools can help you get the job done quickly. Whether you’re writing fiction, nonfiction, online articles, or essays, the accuracy of your information, or even small story elements, always matters. Validated facts add precision and authority to whatever topic or theme you are covering in…
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You’d be surprised how many visitors to your site are snack readers who skim and scan your writing. They want an answer, and if they don’t get it, they move on very quickly. You probably do it yourself when you are searching online for information or an answer to a question. The proof is in…
Your book title page might not be the first thing you think about when you are preparing your book for publishing. However, you should give it some thought because you are presenting the title and your name to readers. The layout and format should be clean and clear, but there are lots of little options…
While you have many options when self-publishing a new book, Amazon and Apple are two major online bookstores for ebooks. Ideally, having your new ebook on both should give you the best opportunity to sell copies of your book. Self-publishing on either platform is quite easy. However, there are a few considerations you need to…
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