Author: Shawn P. B. Robinson
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The Questions I Ask My Alpha and Beta Readers
This is part III of my short series on Alpha and Beta Readers in your book editing process. Part One: Editing with Alpha Readers Part Two: Editing with Beta Readers Part Three: The Questions I Ask My Alpha and Beta Readers Part Four: Honest Alpha and Beta Readers I wanted to cover some of the…
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Editing with Beta Readers
This is part two in my series on Alpha and Beta Readers. As I post them, I will update the blogs to link them together. Until then, check out the first blog on Alpha Readers! Part One: Editing with Alpha Readers Part Two: Editing with Beta Readers Part Three: The Questions I Ask My Alpha…
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Editing with Alpha Readers
This is the first part of a short series I’m posting on Alpha and Beta Readers over the coming weeks. This first one is about how to make use of Alpha Readers in your editing. The second is about how to make use of Beta Readers. The third is about the questions I ask my…
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November Book Update
This past month I have been pretty silent on the blogging front. I’ve been focusing in on NaNoWriMo as I’ve written the rough draft of the third book in my series (rough draft finished!) and cleaning up the first book in my series for publishing in April. I’m planning on posting a series soon on…
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Setting up SEO for Your Blog
Let me just come right out and say this: I find the topic of SEO boring. I know that’s not the way to start a blog post. This topic is, however, EXTREMELY important and extremely helpful to bloggers. In this blog, I want to give a clear, simple explanation of how to work through this…
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Using Bing Ads to Promote Your Book
I’ve been a bit slack on blogging lately as much of my writing time as been taken up with NaNoWriMo, but I wanted to share this information on book promotion. So, how do you promote stuff on the internet? You know… stuff. Stuff like books. There are many different ways to promote your book on…
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Three Questions to Ask Yourself about Your Writing
Writing is often so much fun, but it can also be a lot of work. Anyone who writes knows there are times when it is easy to write and times when it is hard. When it is easy, it is nothing but a joy. Personally, I find writing relaxes me. It allows me to settle…
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Writing for NaNoWriMo!
It’s almost NaNoWriMo time! That sounded better in my head. Now that I say it out loud I… never mind. It makes me think of Mork and Mindy. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. I know. We have a month for everything or a day for everything. Maybe tomorrow will be National Take a…
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Vanity or Subsidy Publishers?
In a previous blog, I wrote about The Self-Publishing World. In that blog, we took a moment to see what Self-Publishing has looked like over the years, especially in comparison with Traditional Publishers. In this blog, however, we want to explore something that is kind of half-way between a Traditional Publisher and full Self-Publishing. Self-Publishing…
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When Do I Launch My Book?
One of the challenges a self-publisher faces is the question, “When is the best day/month to actually publish/launch my book?” The short answer is… on a Tuesday, on the first day of the month, but not in December. Simple? The truth is, there’s no perfect day to launch your book. There are, however, better times…