Rob Bignell, Editor/Author

Why you Want Reviews Written about Your Book By getting the word out about your book, hopefully people will then talk and write about it. This largely will occur when reviews of your title begin to appear. Such review…

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Use care when naming places in your story When creating a setting for your story, always pay special attention to what you name those places. After all, naming places that your characters inhabit and visit help readers keep track of where …

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How to create a memorable protagonist Often the secret to writing a good story is to create a memorable protagonist. After all, usually the most relatable element of a book for readers are the characters. Readers will see something in …

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How To Identify And Fix All The Places Where Telling - Or Exposition - Rears Up In Your Writing #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/194887234X

Create main character that readers bond with Virtually every story aims to establish a bond between the main character and the reader. After all, why would a reader continue to read a story about an unlikable character?Granted, there are…

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Keep research notes for your book organized If you’ve adequately researched your nonfiction book, then you probably have so many notes that organizing them is a must. Unless you do so, the writing of your first draft won’t go smoothly.The be…

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5 Sci-Fi Writing Prompts: Novums Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, arti…

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How to Write Engaging, Natural Sounding Dialogue #authorlife #writerslife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872226

Market your book via Amazon.com page The Amazon.com page that sells your book may perhaps be the most important item in your entire marketing effort. All of your press releases, news articles, blog reviews of your book, radio appearan…

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Your writing is a textual painting of the world Writing is textual painting in which the elements of fiction – plot, characters, setting, point of view, theme, and style – are arranged to create a piece of art. Because of this, some work by hack…

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How to select artwork for your book cover If your book were being handled by a mainstream publisher, you’d have little or even no say about how your front cover looks. In self-publishing, since you’re essentially doing all of the work of a…

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Five Great Quotations about Literary Critics “If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.” – Natalie Goldberg“…I hate orthodox criticism. I don’t mean great criticism,…

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Welcome aboard – I’ve just added you to the Horror starter pack, which is already up and running! Be sure to follow back everyone!

Welcome aboard – I’ve just added you to the Horror starter pack, which is already up and running! Be sure to follow back everyone!

Meet these great indie horror authors at the Horror Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #writingcommunity #authorsky #writersky #horrorwriters #writer bsky.app/starter-pack/inventi...

What is a “text-to-speech” ebook? Among the many but little-known advantages that an ebook can offer is text-to-speech, also known as TTS.TTS uses a computer-generated voice to read text aloud. It is available in most smartphones, …

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So Long as I Write, I’ll Never Truly Be Gone What people from history can you name? Shakespeare? Julius Caesar? George Washington? Jesus? Galileo?The names likely fall into one of four categories – famous generals/political leaders (in m…

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4 Tips on Building Your Book into a Business • Why you should turn your book into a businessRarely can an author make a living solely on book sales. However, authors can achieve their dream of independence by building a business around their …

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The Ultimate Guide to Understanding POV in Storytelling! #indieauthor #writersky #writerslift #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/dp/1948872323

Marketing Tip: Harness Your “Local” Status One of your biggest selling points, especially if a novelist, is that you’re “local.” While that can only take you so far, you’d be foolish not to fully harness it. A lot of businesses and institut…

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Writing Inspiration: Get into the zone Lose yourself in the momentum of your writing. Turn off the automatic spell checker and your inner self-critic and allow yourself to simply write. After you’ve finished writing, you’ll likely find …

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Is Your Manuscript Ready to be Self-Published? Before making coffee in the morning, you’ve got to have grounds to put in the pot. Before grilling a steak for dinner, you need to have a thawed T-bone. Before self-publishing, you’ve got to have a…

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Avoid Writing Gimmick Stories Sometimes what seems at the outset like a great story idea really isn’t. Such is the case with the gimmick story.This is a story in which character development takes a back seat to a big reveal or …

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How to Know if Your Email Marketing is Working Just because you have a lot of people on your email marketing list doesn’t mean you’ll sell more books. What matters is the quality of those subscribers. You don’t want to send emails to a tho…

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Four Writing Prompts: Deceit Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise when lies are told and identities disguised. Here are four writing…

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Writing Inspiration: Your Dream What is your dream? In a few sentences, describe what would most make you happy – that is, what would make you feel whole and content, as a writer. ______________ My name is Rob Bignell. …

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