Phone Home by Jim Burrows- Second Place Winner of the Kayla Hicks Short Story 2024 Contest
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Phone Home by Jim Burrows- Second Place Winner of the Kayla Hicks Short Story 2024 Contest“Your girlfriend called again.”It was Leila’s running gag. Whenever the phone rang and there was no one there,...
Christmas Eve Tradition by J.A. Guynn - 1st Place winner of the Kayla Hicks Short Story 2024 Contest
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Christmas Eve Tradition by J.A. Guynn - 1st Place winner of the Kayla Hicks Short Story 2024 ContestMama was alone after daddy died. That’s not to say she was lonely. When her friends asked about dati...
Sneak peek of One Last Bookmark by Kayla Hicks
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Standing in the back of the bookstore staring at the blinking voicemail message on my phone, I felt as if everything in my life were on the verge of imploding.Terrified to hear yet another last-notice...
Fear the Dark: A Kayla Hicks Book Review
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A book that will keep the reader guessing who the serial killer is until the endWhat is Fear the Dark about?The serene snowscapes of Vermont are the last place Detective Lexi Cole, a linguistics exper...
Exclusive Kayla Hicks Content Coming Soon
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You can soon find exclusive content through my Patreon account for readers and for authors/ writers.Author Kayla Hicks Patreon
What to Know Before Working with a Book Promoter
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Options of book promoters authors should consider and what a book promoting process shouldn’t look likeWhen it comes to marketing, authors often wonder if they should do their own book marketing or sp...
Survive the Night: A Kayla Hicks Book Review
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It’s November 1991. Nirvana's in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer.What is i...
When authors research other authors in their genre, plan accordingly, and communicate well, they can maximize this opportunityThe idea of newsletter swaps has been a more common target audience-buildi...
Author Spotlight- Carlotta Berry
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A children’s book author with a focus on STEM for young readersI recently read Author Carlotta Berry's children’s books called There’s A Robot In My Closet and What’s the Matter with Orbit.Here are my...
Building up a wide network means making and keeping relationships with readers, businesses, and moreIndie authors who want to build a career for themselves must build a network to make it possible.If...
Rose is BACK!What is Trouble Comes in Three's About?It’s been nearly three years since the fall of the Hardshaw Group, and Rose is living a low-key life in Fenton County. She’s happily married to Joe...
Knowing how to increase your book’s visibility on Amazon is key to its successWhether we want to admit it or not, Amazon is the largest and most successful bookseller among readers.Why?Because they ha...
How to Start Writing a Book
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A step-by-step walkthrough to get writers startedThere is a saying that goes, that everyone has at least one good book in them.And I do believe this is true. However, I also believe that there are man...
Short Story Contest
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Author Kayla Hicks offers a short story contest, in which 2 winners will be shared with her 35.5k audience on XI really enjoy helping writers, especially indie writers, so…I would like to have a short...
It just takes doing something new, like a writing prompt, to jumpstart your creativityToo many times do we feel burnt out when writing, and we feel there is a struggle to find that spark of creativity...
5 Things To Do Before Self-Publishing a Book
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Self-publishing authors should know their audience, build an audience, create marketing book launch plans, and know the self-publishing business to publishWhen a writer decides to go down the route of...