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171 - Outside-the-Box Content
170 - Creating a Winning Workbook
169 - The Do's and Don'ts of Working with Book Bloggers
168 - How to Write from Trauma
167 - Good Habits and Accountability Groups
166 - Plotting with an Unreliable Narrator
165 - Strengthening Your Fiction with a Premise
164 - What Writers Can Learn from Short Fiction
163 - Year End: The Writing Craft And The Publishing Voyage
162 - Book Marketing Lessons from Beyond the Book World
161 - Choosing Your Publishing Path
160 - Mistakes Writers Make about Police Roles
159 - Backstory: Mountaintop or Valley
158 - What Writers Can Learn from Remote Workers
157 - Literary Citizenship
156 - Character Development Through the Pain and Promise of Life
155 - The Benefits (and Costs) of Membership
154 - From Screenplay to Novel and Back
153 - The Importance of a Professional Photo and Video Presence
152 - The Three Stages of Story
151 - Setting Your Creative Horizons
150 - Hands-off Merchandising for Authors
149 - Using Vulnerability to Feed your Creativity
148 - Making the Most of In-person Events
147 - Writing for Audio
146 - Managing Writing with a Full-time Career
145 - Speech to Text and Back Again
144 - Reaching the Right Readers through Email
143 - Getting into the Mind of Your Audience
142 - A New Era for Novellas
141 - The Value of Collaboration
140 - Troping Your Way to a Stronger Story
139 - Mistakes Writers Make about Forensic Psychiatry
138 - ROI for Authors
137 - Using Podcasts to Support Your Book Launch
136 - Looking Forward in Indy Publishing
135 - The Importance of Specificity
134 - How Horror is the Genre of Hope
133 - Creating an AI-narrated Audiobook
132 - From Big Idea to Book
131 - The Color Wheel of Characterization
130 - Outsourcing Your Content Creation
129 - Moving for Creativity
128 - Lessons from Filmmaking
127 - Mistakes Writers Make about PIs
126 - Estate Planning for Authors
125 - The Seven Most Common Mistakes of Non-Fiction Authors
124 - The Rise of Subscription Models
123 - Building Engaging Worlds
122 - Using Data to Guide Your Craft
121 - Story Structure and Character Motivation
120 - Draft2Digital Updates: Smashwords and Print
119 - Metadata Is Your Brand
118 - The Martial Art of Writing
117 - Tracking Sales Data and How ScribeCount Can Help
116 - Creating Community, Content, and Creative Energy
115 - Exploring Kindle Vella
114 - Making Smart Decisions about Your Distribution Strategy
113 - What Authors Can Learn from Theater
112 - Being the Captain of Your Author Voyage
111 - Using Engines, Anchors, and Hazards to Define Character Voice
110 - Making Meaningful Connections through Powerful Language
109 - Wide Retailers and Aggregators
108 - Writing Non-fiction from the Inside
107 - Publishing Process #7: Selective Rights Licensing
106 - Publishing Process #6: Promotion
105 - Publishing Process #5: Marketing
104 - Publishing Process #4: Distribution
103 - Publishing Process #3: Production
102 - Publishing Process #2: Design
101 - Publishing Process #1: Editorial
100 - Becoming a Relaxed Author
099 - Connecting with Fans through Merchandising
098 - Redefining Indy Success through Short Fiction
097 - Taking the Long View
096 - Emerging Tech for the Writing Craft
095 - Finding and Being a Ghostwriter
094 - Debunking Writing Myths
093 - Valuing the Creative Process
092 - Finding a Crew for Your Creative Voyage
091 - Creating Stellar Side Characters
090 - Bringing a Creative Endeavor to an End
089 - The Both-ness of Compelling Characters
088 - How to Receive and Give Critique
087 - Looking Back and Forward at Indy Publishing
086 - Overhauling Keywords
085 - Optimizing Your Keywords
084 - Using Content Legally
083 - Six Rs of Maximizing the Value of Your Content
082 - Perspectives on Writer's Block
081 - Human-Centered Marketing
080 - The Force of a Brand
079 - Making the Most of Your Short Fiction
078 - Living Your Best Creative Life
077 - Behind the Scenes of My Book Launch
076 - BookFunnel
075 - Key Book Publishing Paths
074 - Perspectives on Personal Branding
073 - Author Websites
072 - Mentoring and Collaborating with Interns
071 - Provider Side of Author Services
070 - Copyright for Authors
069 - Writing Memoir
068 - Handling Difficult Topics in YA Fiction
067 - Mistakes Writers Make about the FBI
066 - From Indy to Traditional
065 - X-raying Your Plot
064 - Children's Books
063 - Wide for the Win
062 - Point of View
061 - Google Play
060 - Mastering Action Sequences
059 - Newsletter Swaps and StoryOrigin
058 - Author Newsletters
057 - The Pros and Cons of Pre-orders
056 - Crowdfunding for Authors