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Arthur Gutch

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Published On Mar 18, 2016

4 Keys to Building a Romance Novel Road Map

Romance books count for about half the genre books sales at Amazon and other online publishers. Romance fans are fiercely loyal and they know exactly what they want: predictability. They want to know that the two main characters are going to meet,...

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Published On Mar 16, 2016

Top 10 Habits of Successful Authors

Every successful author has his own little quirks. Elmore Leonard only wrote in pencil on yellow legal pads. Stephen King writes 2,000 words a day, and none can be adverbs. Habits make the work go smoother, whether they make sense or not. Every...

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Published On Mar 11, 2016

How to Increase Writing Creativity & Productivity With Neuroscience

What if you could increase your productivity by 25 percent with minimal effort and expense? You'd be all over that, right? Tens of thousands of authors are using neuroscience to do just that, adding binaural beats to their writing routines. Science...

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Published On Mar 9, 2016

Are You an Author Writing for Love or Money?

Today's book market is more packed with choices than ever before in history. Instead of slogging through endless piles or pages of books, readers look for titles with familiar story ideas. If they liked one cozy mystery set in a yarn shop, they're...

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Published On Mar 4, 2016

The Pirate Effect: What to Do if Someone's Stealing Your Book

If you write long enough and publish enough books, sooner or later it's going to happen. Someone will approach you online and tell you that they saw one of your books being offered for free. Congratulations, you've made it! You've become popular...

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Published On Feb 25, 2016

Why You Should Join or Create a Collective Pen Name?

Series genre books are more popular than ever, from James Patterson and his multiple thriller lines to the hugely popular paranormal romance stories. Readers love to pick up a new book that contains something familiar, whether it's a town they...

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Published On Feb 23, 2016

BookTube: A Key Influencer for Book Marketing

All the book-marketing advisors these days agree: visual sells better than words. Combine the two and you've got a potent means for promoting your books. Besides putting pictures on social media, authors were pretty limited as to how they could...

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Published On Feb 19, 2016

Do You Write Children's Books? Bring Those Concepts to Adults

Let's face it, nobody really wants to grow up do they? Admittedly, many adults find joy in reading children's books to their kids- the stories we read our kids always carry a resonating life-lesson either about how to be kind or have fun and not...

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Published On Feb 15, 2016

7 Ways Your Author Website is Annoying Readers (And How to Fix It)

Your author website is one of the best ways to entice and keep readers investing in your future books. Create a site that keeps them coming back and you'll have a ready audience for your work for years to come. Fill your site with things that annoy...

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