Many authors dream of working with books beyond just writing them and become editors, agents, librarians, or booksellers. In fact, Angela Quarles, my writing bestie, is opening a bookstore! And she’s looking for suggestions to make her genre- and writer-friendly shop among the best.

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What Do You Want in a Bookstore?

With all the obstacles in the way of our success, it can sometimes feel like we’re all alone in this career. But if we’re lucky, we might have the sense that our writing community and publishing partners are pulling for us too.

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How Can a Good Publishing Partner Help Us? (and Blogiversary Winners!)

With the rise of self-publishing, we’ve probably seen books that label the content inside, but if we’re not sure whether we should consider using trigger warnings, Bran L. Ayres is here to share their insights and tips on why they’re important and how to use them.

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Should We Include Trigger Warnings for Our Story — Guest: Bran L. Ayres

Heads up: You’re going to want to bookmark this post. *smile* The last few weeks have proven that trademark problems are here to stay in the publishing world for all authors of every genre, but we can fight back.

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How to Track and Fight Bad Trademarks — Guest: Kevin Kneupper

A crazy story erupted on social media with the hashtag #cockygate involving authors, Amazon KDP, and trademark law. One author is attempting to prevent others from using a word in their book titles, as she mistakenly thinks our book titles are our brands.

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Branding: The Right Way vs. the Wrong Way

I’ve said before that line editing is the hardest type of editing to nail down. We can say that line editing is about how we write scenes and paragraphs, but what does that mean? What does line editing encompass?

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What Is Line Editing and What Should Line Editors Do?

We often hear advice about online marketing, but we shouldn’t forget local opportunities. Elizabeth Randolph is here to give her unvarnished look at a few local promotion options—what worked, what didn’t, and what she wants to try in the future.

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Author Marketing: Insights and Ideas for Local Promotion — Guest: Elizabeth Randolph

Sometime during our writing career, we’re bound to feel stuck. To help us, Lisa Gail Green shares how to recover when we think we’ve reached a dead end.

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5 Ways to Recover from Being Stuck — Guest: Lisa Gail Green

A full editing process involves 3 or 4 steps, but if we could combine some of those steps, we could save money. Right? Lisa Poisso’s here sharing the pros and cons of editing combinations.

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Picking Editors: Can We Combine Steps (and Save Money)? — Guest: Lisa Poisso

Are we ready to hire an editor? To check, I’m sharing Part Two of Jeff Lyons guest post with the questions we should ask ourselves before hiring story help.

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5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring Help: Part Two — Guest: Jeff Lyons