by Yen Cabag |
As a writer, one of your biggest challenges will be knowing which words to keep, and which ones to cut. It can be tempting to use flowery prose and fluffy phrases (especially if you have a word count to meet), but there is almost always a more concise—and oftentimes,...
by Yen Cabag
In grammatical terms, a contraction is a shortened form of two combined words (such as can +not = can’t). We use contractions regularly in conversation and in casual writing. Most contractions use an apostrophe to indicate that some letters from one or both of...
by Yen Cabag
A think piece, also known as a thought piece, is an article or piece of writing intended to stir up the reader’s thoughts. It is usually speculative, with a lot of expository material, context, and the author’s analysis and opinion of existing ideas. Sometimes, think...
by Tom Corson-Knowles |
Here are 5 news updates and actionable items every author should know about. 1. AI Is Changing Audiobooks Forever There’s a new startup with massive funding using AI to create audiobooks in 20 minutes (and then they hire a human to do the proof listening). Their...
by Kaelyn Barron |
If you’ve been working on an audio version of your book, you may have wondered if marketing your audiobook will be any different from marketing a regular print or ebook. While you could just let the audio option sit there on Amazon for shoppers to discover on...
