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Copywriting Tips for Writers
Discover essential Copywriting Tips for Writers from expert Colin Brush. Enhance your skills with these practical copywriting tips for success.

Dan
Sep 85 min read


Beyond Escapism: Writing Sci-Fi That Resonates
Explore how to write ya sci fi books that resonate with deeper meaning. Discover insights from author Christian Hurst on crafting impactful ya sci-fi books.

Dan
Aug 253 min read


7 Tips For Adding Tension to Your Story to Keep Readers Reading
Today on the blog, freelance editor and author Rachel A. Greco provides ample advice on adding tension to your prose.

Dan
Aug 117 min read


3 Ways to Get Editors Invested in Your Story
Today on the blog, I welcome back speculative fiction author and editor at Metastellar Magazine, E. S. Foster, who provides insight on how to impressive lit mag editors. Read carefully, my fellow scribes, she is an editor, after all!

Dan
Jul 144 min read


3 Ways to Battle Perfectionism as a Writer
Today on the blog, speculative fiction author and editor at Metastellar Magazine, E. S. Foster provides invaluable advice about battling perfectionism while crafting a story.

Dan
Jun 163 min read


Favorite Writerly Quotes
For the past year or so, I've been mining the Internet for writerly quotes that I find particularly interesting or inspiring. Here, I have

Dan
Apr 101 min read


Island Inspiration
Inspiration What inspires you? What inspires me? The picture above exudes a sci-fi vibe. In my opinion, at least. It reminds me of Dune...

Dan
Dec 26, 20243 min read


Adventures in AI Revisited
A while back I used Dall-E to generate images for my characters from The Allison Lee Chronicles. It was an interesting and somewhat fun expe

Dan
Sep 19, 20242 min read


Post Release Report
In the latest entry of my book marketing series, I talk about the strategy/tactics I employed for my latest release. You can find my...

Dan
Jul 3, 20243 min read


Featured Deal Report
In the latest entry of my book marketing series, I talk about landing my first joint U.S. and international featured deal with BookBub. I...

Dan
May 23, 20243 min read


Revisited: Email List Promo - What I've Experienced
In my latest entry of my book marketing series, I am revisiting email list promotion. You can find my original post about this topic and...

Dan
Feb 22, 20242 min read


2024 Reading Goals
Do you have any reading goals? I used to not bother setting reading goals or the like, but as I've been reading more and more, I found it...

Dan
Dec 22, 20232 min read


Build your Newsletter list 101
Howdy! This is the third entry in my book promo series. You can also read about my experiences hawking my books on social media and...

Dan
Sep 28, 20233 min read


I'll have a trope with that…
I have taken Bryan Cohen's free course on Amazon ads on several occasions. I'm far from a master at running ads, but his free courses are...

Dan
Aug 31, 20232 min read


#BookTok Recommendations - Worthwhile or Worthless
Okay. I've read several books that have been proclaimed as #BookTok sensations. For the uninitiated, #BookTok is a community of...

Dan
Jul 29, 20232 min read


Writing Workshop with Allen Eskens
Recently, my writing group did a workshop with mystery author Allen Eskens. His talk was incredibly informative and inspired me to read...

Dan
Jun 15, 20232 min read


Hack, Cut, and Chop
16,000 words. 16,000. That's how many words I've axed from The Allison Lee Chronicles Volume 3 so far. Honestly, I'm impressed I could...

Dan
May 11, 20231 min read


Email List Promo - What I've Experienced
This is my second entry in my book promo series. You can learn about my experiences promoting books on social media here. Again, I don't...

Dan
Apr 20, 20232 min read


Social Media Promo - What I've Experienced
As promised, this is the first post about steps I've taken to create buzz for my books. Ultimately, that's what we want, right? Positive...

Dan
Mar 9, 20234 min read


How I became a cozy mystery writer
Today on the blog, author Susie Black gives us some fascinating insight into the concept of writing what you know. Indeed, it seems Ms....

Dan
Jul 22, 20224 min read
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