Barbara Linn Probst surveyed 36 debut authors about the debut experience. Here are her insights, about the highs and lows, and what you can do to survive.

Barbara Linn Probst surveyed 36 debut authors about the debut experience. Here are her insights, about the highs and lows, and what you can do to survive.
Some of the smallest and most powerful words are pronouns. John Peragine shares the eight types of pronouns with tips to use them correctly. Great examples!
Colleen Story shares the ONE question authors need to ask to create a strong online platform for their writing.
Paint a picture in the mind of your reader; they need to see what’s happening. A different way for you to accomplish that visualization in your novel? Storyboarding!
Reader expectations are a moving target. Yet the real “secret success strategy” to book sales is very straightforward: give readers what they want. How do you do that?!
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