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As an author and avid LinkedIn user, I like to follow how the world at large is responding to the global phenomenon of AI. I did a quick search this morning to see how many posts or polls I could find related to AI, and I stopped counting when I got to sixteen using the […]
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Discover the key strategies and insider tips to transform your writing dreams into reality. This comprehensive guide provides aspiring authors with valuable insights and proven techniques to navigate the path to becoming a published author successfully.
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When I was a child, my parents took a road trip every year from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town to visit my maternal grandparents for Christmas. A roughly 749 km, or 465 miles long trip. The journey seemed to last forever. A gruelling 8 hour trip, which would have been even longer if my parents
Successful traditional publishers also have a quality control process. They have teams of cover designers, editors, proofreaders and marketing personnel that will ensure that the quality of the cover, print and content of the books match industry standards. My initial mentor told me I could publish my book for free. While that is true, you
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am revisiting an old favourite of mine, The Richest Man in Babylon, a 1926 book by George S. Claso. In this parable about the seven rules about money, the king of Babylon appoints Arkad, undoubtedly the richest man in Babylon, to teach the inhabitants how to make money, keep it and multiply it. In this
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In American action adventure movie Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves from 1991 based on the English folk tale that originated in the 12th century, Hood and Azeem make an unlikely pair. Hood, a Christian crusader, (played by Kevin Costner), was imprisoned along with a Muslim named Azeem (played by Morgan Freeman). When Robin tries to
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by Victorine Mbong Shu When figuring out careers, it is hard to phantom a job where one will be hired to write for others. But as soon as one finds themselves in the field of writing and is exposed to good writing, they quickly find that not only authors and publishers require the services of
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By Nicky Rowbotham After almost 2 years of the underlying, unrelenting tension and trauma of navigating a global pandemic, for many the start to 2022 has felt like stepping onto a treadmill that is flying at full speed. There was little time to warm up and we just had to start sprinting. As many rush
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By Hamilton Wende When I start a book I usually start with an idea – a memory, an image, or something sparked off by an anecdote I have read that makes me think: “What a great idea, I would love to write a book about that!” Of course, there’s a long way between the initial
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5/5 Reader Magnets: Build Your Author Platform and Sell more Books on Kindle Building a successful author career depends on three things… You need to attract the right readers to your work. You need to convert “curious visitors” into fans. And you need to turn “fans” into “buyers”. You can do all this with
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by Kim Vermaak Imagine coming to the end of your life and asking, what did I really achieve? Many people have a “Writing a Book” on their bucket list. A bucket list is an opportunity to reflect on what is important to you and allow you to tick off important milestones for you. But how
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by Guest Author Jolene Raison Redoing and republishing a book; we write and learn There’s no one right way to write a story, but there is a perfect way. Or at least, there’s a way we think is perfect. Writing a book is an incredible journey, and working out the details of that journey is
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