Kayla Hicks - Author Kayla Hicks - Author
Thinking outside the box sometimes is the best way to catch your audience’s attentionIt’s no secret that social media is constantly oversaturated with marketing content.As authors, marketing our books...
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Thinking outside the box sometimes is the best way to catch your audience’s attentionIt’s no secret that social media is constantly oversaturated with marketing content.As authors, marketing our books...
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What Makes Your Book Unique

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Knowing what sets your book apart from the rest in your genre is a selling pointThe publishing world is a competitive market — there’s no other way to spin it.And sometimes, no matter how much researc...
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Creating Wonderful Characters

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Creating a wonderful character means enabling the reader to sympathize with themSnuggling in your comfortable spot to revisit your favorite character is one of the best feelings there is.I can’t tell...
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The two choices that divide authors in terms of writing and marketing their storiesEvery author dreams of catching their audience’s eye, raking in reviews, and building their audience.But one of the m...
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A mind-bending story of one teen’s descent into madness and another teen’s quest to prevent an unspeakable tragedy.What is it about?Fifteen-year-old Charlie Simpson is a ticking time bomb. If somebody...
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Seasoned writers create time to write, practice the craft, do not rush to publish, and continue to learnIt’s easy for some of us to see a seasoned author’s accomplishments or skills and wonder if we w...
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Networking locally and online in addition to conducting research and planning a publishing timeline are the key elements that help authors’ careersIndie Authors are still fighting to be seen in a crow...
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Ways for Indie Authors to Stand Out

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Indie Authors need to focus on marketing, their book description, and book bloggers/ reviewers to help them stand outHaving embarked on the journey of self-publishing is considered a huge accomplishme...
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Writing the Book Inside You

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Despite the faith you have in yourself, take the leap and write the bookWriting a book feels like the one thing many people talk about at some point in their lives, but only some of these people ever...
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Navigating the Self-Publishing Landscape

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Learn how to build momentum, find your audience, create a cover, and choose a publishing platformReaching the point of exploring publication for your book is a huge milestone.Mainly because it shows y...
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"Without giving too much away, the characters had me fooled! Nothing is what it seems, you need to keep reading ... just one more chapter..."- Amazon CustomerWhat it's about:A chilling psychological t...
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When authors create a process to publish, their book’s chances of success are increasedHaving a fleshed-out story to share with the world is a feeling like no other. And for many authors, we are ready...
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Knowing how to read the statistics on your social media posts is the key to posting content that pulls in your audienceThe key to growing your audience means posting content that your audience wants t...
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Using build-up, engagement, and follow-through tactics are the keys to grabbing your audience’s attentionIn the vast ocean of content, authors face the challenge of capturing and retaining their targe...
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Into the Grey: Sneak Peek

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By The Backup Superhero fanbase request, Into the Grey is releasing this Friday, March 1st!A book based on Seed but the starting and ending chapters are from Tanser Girls' point of view.Here is a snea...
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