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One Easy Answer to 90% of Your Tech Questions
This tip is so easy and effective it will blow your mind. After you recover, you’ll hit yourself for not thinking of it yourself. Ask. Google. No. Seriously. Type the question into Google.com’s search...
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Where To Find Free & Legal Stock Photos Online
Stop using Google image search. Using those images is often illegal and they are not the best images anyway. Here are a dozen sites that are better and legal. 1. Stock Exchange Of all of the stock...
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12 Firefox Add-ons Every Author Must Have
If you use Firefox these free plugins will save you time and perhaps even reduce stress. They help with research, time management and spelling. Check out the list and leave a comment with some of your...
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Don’t Play Hide & Seek with Your Readers
While surfing the web recently, I visited several author websites and noticed an alarming problem. Whenever these individuals offered a free resource to download from their website – the documents...
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9 Premium Stock Photo Sites
Sometimes the free photo sites just don’t have what you need. Or you may want an image that has not been used a thousand other times. That’s where premium photo sites come in. Starting at $1 an image,...
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A Ninja Writing Guide – For Authors Who Want to Blog
Little arm hairs raise on end. Bumps form on my skin, desperately struggling to retain its warmth. It’s freezing in this room as I type away on the computer. I want to be in bed! If only that guy...
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How to Track Your Message Online
Whether you’re an author, speaker, or publisher, your goal is to sell more books and spread your message. But, how do you know if your message is really spreading? How do you track the success of your...
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The Top 5 Domain Name Traps
When you pick a domain name for your website make sure to avoid these traps. Once you commit to a domain name, changing is a lot of hassle. Learn what to avoid now before it is too late. Trap 1) A...
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Why Your Blog Should Be Your Book’s First Draft
7 Reasons To Blog Your Book 1. You start building a platform right away. A platform is the first thing publishers look for. No platform? No contract. Your platform is how many people listen to you on...
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Top 5 Blog Title Mistakes Authors Make
Mistake #1 Descriptive When you were in school, your teacher probably taught you the purpose of a title was to describe your writing. Your teacher was wrong. Descriptive titles are boring. The purpose...
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How To Connect Your Blog to Facebook
So you want to promote your blog on Facebook? Learn how to update your friends when you have new posts and make it easy for them to spread the word about your blog. In this post you will learn how to...
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How Blogging Got Me Published
In this post author Renae Brumbaugh tells how her blog took her from an unpublished, stay-at-home mom to the published author of multiple books. This is not rocket science. You can do this too....
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7 Blogs Every Author Should Follow
One great way to improve your writing is to learn from the best. Here are seven blogs that are not only good examples of excellent blogging but will also help you hone your craft and sell more books....
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How to Write for the Web (a guide for authors who learned on typewriters)
If you’ve been reading Author Tech Tips, you know the importance of having a successful web presence. Usually that means having a website. But a website alone is not enough. As writers, we’re writing...
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How to Make Money With Your Author Blog
They say the way to make a small fortune in publishing is to start with a large one. But not for everyone. Some authors get more money from their blogs than from their royalties. Here is how they do...
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7 Secrets for Amazing Author Websites
Most author websites fail to sell enough books to reimburse the author for the cost of building the website. The reason is because most authors don’t know the following seven secrets. Secret #1:...
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Unleashing Your Muse – How to Be Creative in a Social Media World
Focusing on writing is tough. Here is how to be creative even when surrounded by distractions. In this article you will learn how to overcome interruptions and innovate your writing. Interruptions...
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Top 10 Author Blogs of 2011
It’s that time of the year. Time to round up some of our favorite author blogs of 2011. Some of these author blogs will be familiar, while others are just some of my personal favorites. Each author...
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3 Tips For Surviving Christmas As An Author
Christmas is hard. There are deadlines to meet, agents to keep happy, and fans to engage with. On top of that, there are traditions to uphold, presents to wrap, and family dinners to survive. What...
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How To Set Realistic Writing Goals For 2012
This year could be your year. The year that you finish that manuscript, get your agent, and land the coveted book contract. You have visions of movie options, book tours, and making money off your...
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