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Tool Tip: SyncBackFree To Backup Your Writing
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Your computer dies with all your work stuck on your hard drive. It is a scenario that scares every writer and almost everyone experiences once. Fortunately, there is a free solution, SyncBackFree from the 2BrightSparks which you can find here. To date I have only used the free version and it works so well I…
This Will Change Your Life
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Looking for inspiration that will change your life. This is a great video and the timing couldn’t be more appropriate. Ed explains how variety and having new experiences actually creates new neural pathways in the brain. You want to be smarter? Visit new places, meet new people, get out of your routine and mix it…
100+ Query Letter Examples To Get Noticed
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One of the sources that I found helpful comes from thejohnfox.com 100+ Query Letter Examples (That Got Authors and Agent) The query letters cover are linked and organized by genre. There are a lot of helpful tips and this site should be in every writer’s toolbox. According to thejohnfox.com, a successful query often includes a…
July & August Writing Contests 2023
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Fiction Factory Flash FictionTop Prize £300Entry Fee: $7Deadline: July 31, 2023 This is an international competition, open to writers from all over the world over the age of 16. Stories may be on any theme, but we sadly do not accept YA or Children’s stories. Genres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Crime, Horror, Humor, Mystery, Science Fiction,…
Strategies
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Here is an overview of my multiprong strategy to becoming a published author and then become a Number One New York Times Best Selling Author. I will be expanding on each of these topics throughout this blog Querying agentsThis assumes one has a completed, polished manuscript. I list more information under resources for how to…