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10 Ways To Lead Yourself To Writing Success

10 ways to lead YOURSELF to the writing career of your dreams. Jenny Hansen shares how micro-actions that take minutes can read huge rewards for your writing.

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One Word to Guide Your Writing Journey in 2020

WITS bloggers share their word for 2020 and encourage readers to do the same. SO much better than a "New Year's resolution. Try it out!

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Yes, Virginia, You Are a Writer: Five Steps to Embracing Your Identity

Kerry Schafer addresses imposter syndrome, the feeling that you're not really a writer, and prescribes five steps we can take to embrace our writer identity.

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Understanding “Advances” in Publishing Deals

Susan Spann “Advances” – technically, advances against royalties, are lump-sum payments some publishers pay to authors “in advance” of publishing the author’s work. More simply, an “advance” is the money an author receives up front on a publishing deal. Not all authors receive advances, and not all publishers offer them. Small and micro-publishers often pay […]

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3 Basics of Author Online Presence

Sierra Godfrey You might remember a hullabaloo in August on Twitter called Pitch Wars. It’s a contest where writers submit queries to agented and published writers in the hopes of being taken on as a mentee. The contest is a terrific opportunity to get detailed, one-on-one coaching from an experienced writer, but the sheer number […]

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