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Book pricing is a tricky business. Price your book too high, and you may not get as many sales; price it too low, and you might be undervaluing yourself. Add the total cost of self-publishing a book into the mix, and you’ve got a real conundrum. While authors who have been self-publishing for a while...

DOWNLOAD THE HANDOUT: https://www.firstediting.com/different-stages-of-editing/ In this session at the Fictionary Writer’s Conference 2023, we discussed the various stages of editing available to authors, plus we explored how and why they should be used in the editorial process. After developmental self-editing,...

All good stories need a solid plot, but one that surprises and upends the reader with something sneaky or unexpected can turn it from good to gold. But how do you pull the rug out from under the reader in this way? How can you bring another dimension to your story? Read on for some tips. What is a plot? Let’s...

Getting Started To get started as a travel writer, there are many considerations to think about, particularly the market for your writing and where you want to get it published. The second item is to consider where you want to travel and if this destination caters to one of the particular markets you...

The work is done. You’ve written your book, proofread the text approximately hundred and fifty times, had the perfect cover created, and now it’s time for it to see the light of day. But hold on – there’s one element missing. In a world oversaturated with information, reaching your target audience and...