Like many writers, I was first introduced to Amy Sue Nathan through her wonderful site, Women's Fiction Writers, which has become one of those
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Like most writers, I spend hours alone and doodling on my laptop, even on Saturday nights. Until recently, I had zero interest in fist-bumping people
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Does Blogging Sell Books? Not Exactly. But Here’s Why You Should Do It Anyway.
Whether you're a self-published writer or published by a traditional house, the word on the street is the same: Blog like your life depends on it if
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Most of us are cynical enough by now to see that life is all about branding, whether we're being bombarded by ads for colleges, books, cars, shampoos,
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I first discovered that the Internet is a magical land when my DVR cut off a recording of American Idol before I found out who got kicked off. I raced
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What becomes shriekingly clear after you publish a book is this: Nobody cares as much as you do. I'd been writing for many years before I sold
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