Writing Strong Opening Hooks
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Practical Techniques for Crafting an Effective First PageThe opening lines of a book serve a functional purpose: they orient the reader, establish tone, and create enough narrative tension to encourag...
Undead Dawn: A Kayla Hicks Book Review
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What is Undead Dawn about?Cooper Kane is the last guy you’d bet on to survive the zombie apocalypse.When the bombs fell, Kane’s carefree life of fast cars, fast women, and even faster getaways came to...
Why Outlining Your Book Isn’t Limiting
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Creating a roadmap for yourself can change the whole writing processMany writers flinch at the word outline.It sounds rigid. Academic. Like a set of rails that will trap your story instead of letting...
How to Create a Character Outline Sketch
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Here is why it makes your characters strongerMost writing advice tells you to know your characters. But the truth is, fewer people explain what that actually looks like on the page.A character outline...
Marketing Your Book Without Pitching It
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The power of showing up in online and offline conversationsMost authors think of marketing as something they do: a campaign, a launch plan, a schedule.But the strongest marketing often comes from some...
How Dialogue Makes a Story Come Alive
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Dialogue has the power to move or stall a story. Here’s how to use powerful dialogueDialogue isn’t just characters talking; it’s characters revealing themselves. When done well, dialogue becomes the e...
Lucky: A Kayla Hicks Book Review
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What is Lucky by Marissa Stapley about?What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn’t cash it in?Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pul...
Marketing a Book Series as an Indie Author
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Turning One Book Into a Long-Term EngineMarketing a standalone book can feel like shouting into the void. You pour months—sometimes years—into a story, hit publish, and then scramble to keep it visibl...
Why Writing a Series and Releasing Every 90 Days Can Transform Your Book SalesMost authors think success comes from one great book.In reality, it often comes from the next one and the one after that.A...
Knowing how and where to help is keyThe holidays are loud for readers — sales emails, bestseller lists, algorithm-pushed “must reads.”But for indie authors, the season is quieter. There’s no marketing...
Finding Your Next Story
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How Authors Unearth Ideas That StickSome story ideas arrive and stick in your brain like glue, gearing you up and ready to begin the story. Other ideas come to us but aren’t heavy enough to stick the...
What is it about?Lexi’s spent years surviving—two jobs, mounting bills, and a one-room apartment. Love isn’t even an option.Until Collin W. Radcliff walks in.He’s powerful, charming, and impossibly ou...
Where to Find ARC Readers
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And how to turn them into powerful reviewersBefore a book ever meets its first paying reader, it needs something far more crucial: social proof.Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) are how authors gather ear...
Knowing where to find readers and how to gain their attention is half the battleEvery successful book begins with two things: a compelling story and the right readers to love it.Too often, writers foc...
Having the right story, being a real person, and being visible in the right spaces will take you farSelling a book isn’t magic — though it can feel that way when everything clicks.Behind every breakou...
Holiday Book Marketing Ideas for Authors
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How to Boost Sales When Readers Are Ready to BuyThe holiday season has a way of turning even the busiest people into shoppers.Gift lists grow, inboxes overflow with deals, and readers suddenly have th...