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Radio interview with Shirley Mitchell on Aging Outside the Box

“There can be a lot of fear involved with loving,” said Caroline A. Shearer, when discussing her book, “Love Like God: Embracing Unconditional Love.” When faced with an opportunity to love, we can choose to pull back, or “We can be stronger in our love in the face of...

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Author Marketing: Claim Your Amazon Author Page

Claim Your Amazon Author Page Amazon Author Central allows you to create and maintain an Amazon Author page. As Amazon is the largest online exposure for books in the world, this is an important tool. Once you’ve created an account and claimed your site: Ensure your...

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Author Marketing: Create a Youtube Account

Create a Youtube Account Link to your website in the intro to your video, such as we did with “Love Like God” by bestselling author Caroline A. Shearer. When you have multiple videos, create a playlist so that listeners can listen to all you offer in one click. Share...

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Writing Craft: When to Publish Your Book

Is Your Manuscript Ready for Publication? Here’s How to Tell.  Knowing when your story is finished is easy. There’s a sense of resolution, a feeling of satisfaction. The completion is almost magical. It is, at times, even spiritual. Knowing when it’s time to publish...

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Author Marketing: Virtual Book Tours for Authors

Virtual Book Tours are another marketing tool for authors to employ. Virtual book tours allow an author to appear in many online places at once or over a short period of time. For example, an author may want to appear on a different blog every day for two weeks, or to...

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Writing Craft: 15 Common Grammar and Usage Mistakes

Writer Editing How-To: 15 Common Grammar and Usage Mistakes After penning hundreds or thousands of words in a day toward creating your dream novel or non-fiction masterpiece, it is relatively easy for aspiring writers to lose track of some of the basics. But, making...

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Writing Craft: Five Formatting Tips

Five Formatting Tips Sometimes, all it takes to make your article, essay, or story an easy and fun read is some simple reformatting. Too many characters on a page can easily overwhelm the reader, but too few characters or characters oddly spaced can be a problem as...

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Writing Craft: Six Story Stoppers

Six Story Stoppers #6 Long, Dense Paragraphs: Readers have more options – and less time – than ever before. Long, dense paragraphs (think: little to no white space on the page) make reading a chore. Keep your paragraphs on the shorter side, and readers will feel like...

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Author Marketing: Create a Goodreads Author page

Create a Goodreads Author Page Whether or not you already have an account with Goodreads, you can “claim” your Goodreads author page. Goodreads is an online book club where millions worldwide go to review books and explore books. Goodreads tips: Ensure your author...

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