Author: SYWW Team
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6 Tips for a Best-Selling Book Cover
By Author Matheus Mourao Hey, aspiring authors, here are some interesting numbers: By 2019, the total number of books published in the U.S. exceeded4 million—in that year alone Nearly1.7 million books were self-published in the U.S. in 2018 20 million previously published books are still available through many sources No matter how great your novel,…
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32 Tips for Improving Your Writing, Revising, and Querying
By Author Nat Lockett It’s funny how, as artists who seek to tell imaginative stories that break the mold, writers long for a formula for success when it comes to the business side of things. I’m no exception to this. I wanted a checklist, an equation that would amount to something after all of the…
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5 Tips for Creating Characters Who Linger
By Author Betsy St. Amant “You know, Morgan…from Kristen Heitzmann’s book.” It was only in that moment that I remembered Morgan wasn’t real. But in so many ways, heis—and we all want to create characters that have readers talking about them in parking lots eighteen years after reading the novel, don’t we? Here are 5…
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5 Tips for Landing a Literary Agent from a Published, Full-Time Author
By Author Polly Crosby Finding an agent is perhaps the most exciting and nerve-wracking part of becoming an author. An agent is often the gateway to getting your book published, and it might even be the first time someone other than yourself has read your book! Agents are a jack of all trades. They are…
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9 Tips for Promoting Your Book and Yourself
By Author Darcy Nybo One of the hardest parts about being a writer is promoting yourself and your book. A few decades ago, that wasn’t a problem. You sent out query letters, landed an agent or a publisher and they looked after promotions. If you were lucky, you’d also get a nice advance to keep…
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3 Tips for Building your Author Brand
By Author Jackary Salem, @jackary_salem For most authors, the idea of having a brand at all is confusing. Brands are for companies, not people. You’re not even sure how to market your book, how are you supposed to market yourself? And, with that, how do you market yourself as an authorbefore putting your work out?…
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How to Find Clarity in your Story through Art
By Author G. F. Brynn The first words ever written were pictures. That’s right, pictures. Why pictures? Because pictures, or illustrations, are not abstract representations of thoughts, as text is. They are mental realities.The first simple pictographs and drawings were invented and then slowly evolved over the ages in order to satisfy ancient peoples’ need to express…
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5 Marketing Tips Every Debut Author Should Know
By Author Rose Atkinson-Carter Marketing is perhaps the most desired and dreaded skill among debut authors一one that’s essential to a book’s commercial success, but can be difficult to learn and execute. Whether you’re self-publishing or working with a publishing company, to reach a wide audience you will need to learn a few marketing strategies. Not only…
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4 Writing Tips from a Published Author
By Author Emma Cowell, @emmalloydcowell There is something innate within all aspiring writers and novelists who feel unable to say “I’m a writer” until something is published. The fact is, if you’re writing, you’re already a writer. Battling that inner imposter is a daily struggle for most of us. It seems so hard to attribute…
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5 Tips for Getting Your Foot in the Door as a Kid Lit Writer
By Author Emily Holewczynski, @emilyholi13 So you want to create children’s books? Great! All you need are some silly words and a few pictures. How hard can it be, right? Wrong! If you’ve ever written a children’s book, you know that these stories are complex and layered—and it takes time to get them right. But writing…