Opyrus Blog for Authors and Writers

Published On Jan 24, 2018

Authors: 5 Steps to a Winning Publishing Plan for 2018

What are your goals for 2018? Most authors have a vague picture in their minds of finishing some books and getting them published, but many don't have any concrete plans for how to accomplish these goals. The best way to reach a destination is by...

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Published On Jan 17, 2018

5 Author-Recommended Tools for Dictating Your Books

Thousands of authors have made the switch and gone to dictating their books instead of typing. Dictation almost invariably increases word count by at least 50 percent, so genre writers who need multiple books each year find it the key to keeping up...

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Published On Jan 11, 2018

10 Ways to Find Antique Flavor For Your Historical Novels

Historical novel readers can be among the toughest around. Not only do they crave a great story, they insist on having all the historical details absolutely correct for their chosen time period. If you're an author with a series set in the past, how...

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Published On Dec 22, 2017

7 Best Gifts for Authors: 2017 Edition

If you ask just about any author, they'll tell you that they're tired of getting traditional gifts for the holidays. Forget those notebooks, those pens, those coffee mugs with the witty grammar sayings! Here are some new ideas for holiday presents...

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Published On Dec 14, 2017

6 Ways to Waste a Fortune Publishing Your Book

Today's author isn't done working when they type The End at the end of their book; in fact, they're just getting started. Authors are responsible for getting their books created and put into readable form, getting them published, and even marketing...

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Published On Dec 5, 2017

Andy Weir's 4 Tips Writers Can Use to Stop Procrastinating

Andy Weir, author of The Martian and the new bestseller, Artemis, is the ultimate indie author. His bestselling first book began as a blog, which he published as a book when enough readers clamored for it. He's always happy to help out anyone...

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Published On Nov 16, 2017

4 Steps Authors Can Take to Relaunch an Old Series and Find New Fans

If you write long enough and produce enough work, you'll eventually have books in your back catalog that just aren't selling any more. One or two people may discover them in a month, but they're mostly gathering virtual dust on your virtual shelves....

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Published On Nov 9, 2017

Charity Books: Get Great Results From Doing Good

Hurricane relief. Cancer societies. Walkathons. We're faced with dozens of requests for charity donations every week. You want to be able to do more, especially for those charities that touch your heart, but no one has enough money to give...

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Published On Nov 3, 2017

6 Bad Beginnings for Good Books: How Not to Start Your Novel

With the advent of Kindle Unlimited, the long lists of free books available, and the low price of most ebooks today, readers have gotten into the habit of judging a book on its first few pages. If the first thousand words don't grab your reader,...

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