We’re rarely limited by our talent, yet we’re all too often hobbled by impatience. Drudgery makes us cave in too soon.
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Oct 17 2024
Stakes: How to Hook an Audience All the Way to THE END
Stakes, bizarrely enough, are a key ingredient missing in many stories. If the characters don’t have skin in the game, why would the audience?
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Sep 20 2024
How to Create YOUR Audience: Identify, Connect, Convert
How can we connect to an audience (readers) who will love our stories enough to buy, support and spread the word? This is the ever-present challenge on every author’s mind. If it isn’t, then it should be.
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Nov 10 2023
Book Reviews: Why They Matter SO Much
Book reviews are not about author egos. Reviews are a matter of life and death, survival in an absurdly overcrowded marketplace.
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Aug 31 2023
Pitch Your Story in a Pinch (ONE Sentence)
The log-line serves as a sort of “true north” so that epic high fantasy doesn’t suddenly involve space aliens, time travel, and waffle recipes.
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