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3 Critical Elements for Every Scene

by Auburn Seal  •  September 27, 2016

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How do eat an elephant? One bite at time. How do you write a novel? One scene at a time. You could actually break that down further and say one sentence at a time, but I like to think in scenes when I sit down for a chunk of time to write. It feels less

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Pirates Demonstrate How to Show, Not Tell

by Auburn Seal  •  September 13, 2016

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Anyone that’s been writing for any amount of time has probably heard the phrase show, don’t tell. I don’t know about the rest of you but for the longest time that statement was vexing. It took a fair amount of doing that incorrectly before I finally learned what it meant. If you are still struggling with

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Can Writing Combat Anxiety?

by Auburn Seal  •  May 24, 2016

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We’ve been talking about writer’s block and the ways we can overcome it. Let’s talk about some ways that writing can help us deal with other difficult aspects of our life. I stumbled across a paper from a university psychology department that discussed different writing techniques for aiding in the treatment of anxiety. This particular

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Webinar 4/5 – How to Master Facebook as an Author

by Auburn Seal  •  March 15, 2016

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REGISTER FOR THE FREE WEBINAR I’m excited to announce the next FREE webinar offered by Bibliocrunch on April 5th, 2016 at 4 PM EST. Facebook marketing is still one of the most effective ways to reach and engage with readers. In this webinar, we’ll show you how to use Facebook as an author to promote

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Publishing News Roundup Series: The Publishing Industry 2015 Reviews and 2016 Predictions

by Maureen Crisp  •  January 11, 2016

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  It is a new year in the publishing world!


Infographic: It is Never Too Late to Start Writing

by Samantha Knoerzer  •  December 16, 2015

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    The best thing about writing is that everyone is welcomed to do it.


9 Questions for Indie Author Rajdeep Paulus

by Christi Sheehan  •  December 9, 2015

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Indie author and award-winning writer Rajdeep Paulus shares her journey as a writer and offers thoughtful advice on how to live your dream as a self-published author. This mom of four not only finds the time to write has pretty much figured out how to succeed in the competitive self-publishing climate.


#Indiechat- How to Write Different Character Archetypes

by Christi Sheehan  •  November 26, 2015

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For this week’s indiechat (Tuesday, December 1st at 4 PM EST), we will be joined by industry professional, Kaitlin Hillerich, to discuss writing character archetypes! 


Using Narrative Writing Techniques In Your NaNoWriMo Novel

by Christi Sheehan  •  November 2, 2015

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With NaNoWriMo2015 officially upon us, what better way to welcome the start of this wonderful month of creativity and writing with a blog about narrative writing techniques! This list of popular writing tools includes ways to incorporate them into your writing so that you can write the story you were born to write!


#Indiechat – How to Stay Motivated While you Write and #IndieReCon

by Samantha Knoerzer  •  April 9, 2015

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We have a fun topic for Tuesday’s #IndieChat on 4/14/15!