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Writer’s Tips May Edition – Copyright Page, Italics, Web Content, Amazon, Canva

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Welcome to May edition of my curated Writer’s Tips. This month I’m sharing some informative articles on, when to use Italics by author/editor, Anneli Purchase, how to create a proper Copyright page by Kindlepreneur, Dave Chesson, as well as info on reducing Amazon Download Fees, how to write Web content by Anne R. Allen, how to Translate Text into another Language in Canva by Natalie Ducey, Word Conversion with Harmony Kent.

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Author/Editor, Anneli Purchase on how and when to use Italics

https://annelisplace.wordpress.com/2023/02/15/italics-when-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9115

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Kindlepreneur – Dave Chesson on What Goes into a Book’s Copyright Page

Guide to Writing a Book Copyright Page [With 6 Templates]

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Dave Chesson shows us how to minimize KDP Download Fees when downloading our books

How to Reduce KDP Download Fees and Instantly Improve Your Royalties

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Anne R. Allen explains why it’s important for authors to learn how to write Web Content

How to Write for the Web: All Writers Need to be Web Content Providers Now

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Natalie Ducey has another helpful tutorial – How to Translate Text into other Languages using Canva

https://natalieducey.com/2023/03/27/how-to-translate-text-in-canva-into-over-100-languages/

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Harmony Kent at the Story Empire talking about writing conventions – American, British, English

https://storyempire.com/2023/04/26/homonyms-with-harmony-part-2-american-and-british-english-conventions/comment-page-1/#comment-171244

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Writer’s Tips April Edition – 10 Website Mistakes, Make Videos on Canva, Broken Link Checker, Author Public Image, Beta Readers, Ebook Piracy, Value in Free Book Promos, Creating QR Codes for Blogs

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Welcome to my April best curated Writer’s Tips. This edition is chock full of goodies. Learn how to avoid and fix 10 website mistakes by Nate Hoffelder, how to embed a Canva video into your blog by Natalie Ducey and how to create a QR code for our blogs, Hugh Roberts is showing us to find and remove broken links in our blogs, Sally Cronin with advice on polishing our public image, D.L. Finn on the importance and value of using Beta Readers, David Chesson (the Kindlepreneur) on what to do if your books have been pirated, and Deborah Jay shares her experience with paid book promotions. Something for everyone!

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10 Website Mistakes New Authors Make–and How to Fix Them by Nate Hoffelder at the blog of Anne R. Allen

https://annerallen.com/2023/01/10-website-mistakes-new-authors-make/

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How to Embed a Canva Video in WordPress tutorial by Natalie Ducey

https://natalieducey.com/2023/01/19/how-to-embed-a-canva-video-in-wordpress/

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Easy way to find broken links in our blogs – Broken Link Checker. Hugh Roberts shares a post on why it’s important to remove broken links from our blogs

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2023/03/27/broken-links-how-often-should-you-check-and-fix-them-on-your-blog/

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https://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/

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Public Relations for Authors series by Sally Cronin – Author’s Public Image Check Up

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2023/02/04/smorgasbord-public-relations-for-authors-recycled-part-five-who-else-might-your-public-image-impress-by-sally-cronin/comment-page-1/#comment-663474

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The importance of Beta Readers and what there job is by D.L. Finn at The Story Empire

https://storyempire.com/2023/02/24/writers-and-beta-readers/

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Another helpful tutorial from Natalie Ducey – How to Create a QR Code for Your Blog

https://natalieducey.com/2023/03/07/how-to-create-a-qr-code-for-a-website-and-or-web-page/

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The Kindlepreneur – Dave Chesson on Ebook Piracy and what to do if your book is pirated

Ebook Piracy [2023] – What To Do If Someone Steals Your Book

Deborah Jay generously shares her data project on if it is worth doing a FREE book promo and the value

https://deborahjayauthor.com/2023/02/06/is-a-free-promo-still-worth-doing-bookmarketing/

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Writer’s Tips – March Edition – Author Bio, #Scammers, Blogging, Prologues

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Welcome back to my Writer’s Tips series – This month: How to Spruce up our Author Bios, Social Media for Authors, and Hitting the Red Carpet by Sally Cronin, How to better protect ourselves from Scammers on Social Media by Beem Weeks, Nerdy Book Girl offers a nifty generator to check up on our author books – which categories Amazon has under our books. Hugh Roberts in his Blogging Tips – the importance of having a subscriber widget on your blog and how to add it.

Sally Cronin​ in her Public Relations for Authors Smorgasbord series, with Part 2 for Authors on the importance of bios and other tips.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/smorgasbord-public-relations-for-authors-recycled-part-two-author-biographies-tips-and-translations-by-sally-cronin/comment-page-1/#comment-658520

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Beem Weeks at the Story Empire, giving us great tips on how to protect ourselves on Socia Media

https://storyempire.com/2023/01/11/fake-social-media-accounts-should-i-worry/comment-page-1/#comment-167404

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Sally Cronin in Part 3 of her ‘author ready’ series, ‘Red Carpet Ready’

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2023/01/21/smorgasbord-public-relations-for-authors-recycled-part-three-hitting-the-red-carpet-by-sally-cronin/comment-page-1/#comment-660354

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Sally Cronin with Part 4 in her Tips for Authors series – Public Relations for Authors Recycled- Part Four – Social Media – The Pros and the Cons 

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2023/01/28/smorgasbord-public-relations-for-authors-recycled-part-four-social-media-the-pros-and-the-cons-as-an-author-by-sally-cronin/

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Hugh Roberts with another Blogging Tip on How to add a Subscriber widget to your blog

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2023/01/16/how-to-add-a-subscribe-button-to-all-your-blog-posts-and-gain-new-followers/

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Nerdy Book Girl shares a FREE Tool – The Book Category Hunter to find your author books and see what categories Amazon has for our books – that are no longer displayed on Amazon

Book Category Hunter: Free Tool to Find Book Categories on Amazon

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How to use Prologues Part 12 and a Summary of all twelve parts in this series by Harmony Kent at the Story Empire

https://storyempire.com/2023/02/22/how-to-use-prologues-part-12-summary/comment-page-1/#comment-169047

Adding my own two cents here: Does any other author here like the new bare bones layout of our books now on Amazon? I don’t. Doesn’t show much except our books and one must click on anything to find information, where before, everything showed on one page. Just another way Amazon makes it harder for author’s books to sell.

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Writer’s Tips – January Edition – #Writing Solo Life, Fonts, Writing the End, Author Bio, #Blogging Tips

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Welcome to my new year of Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Ruth Harris talks about 13 Ways to Drive a Writer Crazy; Anne R. Allen’s blog, guest writer, Jessica Bell, talks about Choosing Proper Fonts for Book Covers; Sally Cronin is rewinding her Public Relations for Authors series, – the importance of an Author picture. Hugh Roberts with a great list of 7 Ways to Clean up our Blogs for the New Year; Diana Peach, writing for the Story Empire has a helpful post for writers – Writing the End; Ruth Harris shares 6 Writing Tips from Famous Authors; Diana Urban at Bookbub shares various examples of Writing Your Author Bio.

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Entertaining post from Ruth Harris at the blog of Anne R. Allen about the concept of writing, and how many outsiders have no clue what goes into writing – including friends and family.

Revenge of the Clueless: 13 Ways Guaranteed to Drive a Writer Crazy

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Jessica Bell guest writer at the blog of Anne R. Allen’s blog – Using the right Fonts on your Book Covers

Are You Using the Right Font(s) On Your Book Cover?

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Sally Cronin’s, Smorgasbord Public Relations for Authors Series – The importance of an Author Profile Picture and How to Create one

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2023/01/07/smorgasbord-public-relations-for-authors-recycled-part-one-people-buy-people-first-profile-photo-by-sally-cronin/comment-page-1/#comment-656566

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Hugh Roberts with 7 ideas to clean up our blogs

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/12/13/7-things-you-can-do-to-help-your-blogging-during-december/

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Diana Peach featured at the Story Empire, shares a post about different types of endings for books, Part II

https://storyempire.com/2022/12/16/writing-the-end-part-ii/

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Ruth Harris at the Blog of Anne R. Allen, shares 6 great tips on Writing from Professional Authors

6 Inspiring Writing Tips From Professional Authors

From Bookbub Insights, Diana Urban shares 20 Examples on how to Write Your Author Bio

Writing Your Author Bio? Here Are 20 Great Examples. (Plus a Checklist!)

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Writer’s Tips, December Edition – Books, Blogging and Writing Tips, Scams

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Welcome to my December curated Writer’s Tips. In this edition, once again blogger Hugh Roberts has another in-depth post on tips for bloggers – Seven things that scare bloggers. Author Ruth Harris writes about The importance of writing first lines for our books. A.C. Flory has some Amazon news for authors. Promoting your book later, after a launch, by Book Buzz, and Printing Scams on Amazon – authors beware by The Kindlepreneur, Anne R. Allen on Critiquing 101 – Ten Best Tips.

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Hugh Roberts with helpful tips for bloggers

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/10/29/are-you-terrified-of-any-of-these-7-scary-things-in-the-blogging-world/

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Ruth Harris at the blog of Anne R. Allen on tips for writing best first lines in books

How to Write an Absolutely Great First Sentence

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A.C Flory has an informative post about what Amazon is up to with author’s books not showing up

https://acflory.wordpress.com/2022/10/27/why-is-amazon-hiding-books-from-readers/

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Five Ways to Promote your book again after a launch, by Book Buzz

5 ways to promote your book long after the launch

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Amazon Printing Press and Pricing Scams – what authors need to know by The Kindlepreneur

Amazon Printing Press and Pricing Scams: What Authors Need to Know

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Anne R. Allen with 10 Tips to being a good critiquer

Critiquing 101: Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Giving Helpful Critiques

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Writer’s Tips November Edition – WordPress Hacks, Writing Timelines, Creating Audio Books, Editing Tips, and Social Media

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Welcome to November edition of my collaborated Writer’s Tips. Each month I share some of the blog posts I come across with helpful writing or blogging tips. This month, I found quite a few goodies most worthy to share to help bloggers. Hugh Roberts shares three helpful posts again for those of us using the block editor – how to center images and how to look for blocks you’ve previously used, and how to find common Gallery blocks in the WordPress editor. From the Story Empire, Joan Hall gives us tips for writing differing timelines in our books, and Beem Weeks explain the procedure for turning books into audio books. Editor, Anneli Purchase shares misused expressions that writers can get caught in. Natalie Ducey has a new tutorial on how to add a Subscribe Button to your WordPress blogs. Last, but not least, Sue Coletta gives an in-depth explanation for the value of authors using Tik Tok platform.

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Hugh Roberts on How to Center Captions and Images in the block editor

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/10/03/this-is-how-easy-it-is-to-centre-captions-underneath-images-and-photos-on-wordpress/comment-page-1/?unapproved=153953&moderation-hash=f3b609055221090146edd67724317c46#comment-153953

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Hugh Roberts shares how to access our most used blocks for easy setup

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/10/10/how-to-access-the-blocks-you-use-the-most-on-the-wordpress-block-editor/comment-page-1/?unapproved=154188&moderation-hash=4cbe15aa2291fa15934392d20d973388#comment-154188

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How to find secret Gallery Blocks on WordPress

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/10/17/these-secret-gallery-blocks-on-wordpress-are-easy-to-find-how-to-use-them/

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From the Story Empire, Joan hall has a great article on writing Timelines

https://storyempire.com/2022/10/24/using-timelines/comment-page-1/#comment-164812

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From the Story Empire, Beem Weeks on Audio Books

https://storyempire.com/2022/10/21/a-few-words-about-audiobooks/comment-page-1/#comment-164813

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Anneli Purchase, Ten Misused Expressions for writers

https://annelisplace.wordpress.com/2022/10/23/ten-misused-expressions/

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Natalie Ducey has a tutorial on How to Add A Subscribe button on WordPress

https://natalieducey.com/2022/10/18/how-to-add-include-a-subscribe-button-option-to-blog-posts-and-pages-in-wordpress/

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Sue Coletta as Anne R. Allen’s guest writer on Tik Tok and why it’s beneficial for authors

How TikTok Works for All Authors and Genres

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Writer’s Tips – October Edition – Cleaning up our Blogs, When to use Capitals, #Blogging Tips, #Writing Opening Chapters, #Amazon Glitches and More!

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Welcome to October edition of collaborated Writer’s Tips. This month, author/blogger, Hugh Roberts is sharing how to clean up our blogs to get better SEO as well at 5 tips to get our blogs noticed. Author/blogger/editor, Anneli Purchase has an informative post with good reminders on when to capitalize words, author/blogger Anne R. Allen writes about toxic people who can stall our writing careers as well as another informative article on how to write great opening chapters. Also, thanks to Colleen Chesebro for finding and sharing another informative article from the Kindlepreneur about Amazon’s many glitches and why there are ‘price games’ going on with some author’s books.

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Hugh Roberts with tips on improving our blog visibility and reducing spam

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/09/05/4-tips-for-housekeeping-your-blog-and-improving-its-seo-rating/comment-page-1/?unapproved=152330&moderation-hash=c6433461e772e3b3de0afe8b1cb6e3f2#comment-152330

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5 Powerful Blogging Tips from Hugh Roberts

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/09/15/5-powerful-blogging-tools-that-will-get-your-blog-noticed/comment-page-1/?unapproved=153212&moderation-hash=282ef8169a565a2b281d3b1baa56f9aa#comment-153212

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Anneli Purchase with a succinct post on which words need capitalizing and which don’t

https://annelisplace.wordpress.com/2022/09/09/capital-or-lower-case/

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Anne R. Allen talks about Toxic People who can stall our writing careers

10 Types of Toxic People Who Can Stall Your Writing Career and Literally Make You Sick

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Anne R. Allen on How to Write a Great Opening Chapter

https://annerallen.com/2022/10/write-great-opening-chapter/

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Jason Hamilton writing at the Kindlepreneur about Amazon book glitches

Amazon Bugs: Price Increases, Categories and Terminations

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Writer’s Tips, September Edition – Building Your Email List, Writing Chapter 1, Facebook Alternatives, #Copyrights, Writing Scams

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Welcome to my September edition of Writer’s Tips. This month I have collected a few goodies to share with you. Diana Peach had a great article with tips on how to write a great first chapter that hooks the reader, at the Story Empire. Jan Sikes with another great share on how to grow your email list, also featured at the Story Empire. Blogging guru Hugh Roberts has some important tips to prevent your blogs from being stolen and/or plagiarized. Also, as I am truly tired of being a target and thrown into Fakebook jail, a friend shared this great page which offers #socialmedia alternatives to Fakebook, definitely worthy of taking a look at by James Spencer at Make A Website Hub. Anne R. Allen also has another great article – updates on new scams and warnings for writers.

Writing Chapter One – Tips

Greetings, Storytellers! Diana here today. I hope you’re all writing up a storm.

https://storyempirecom.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/writing-chapter-one-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-162441

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Building an Email List

Hello SE’ers. It’s Jan again with another book marketing tip I hope you’ll find helpful.

https://storyempirecom.wordpress.com/2022/08/12/mktg-18-building-an-email-list/comment-page-1/#comment-162440

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Facebook Alternatives 2022 – Social Networks That Won’t Sell Your Data

by Jamie Spencer

Facebook Alternatives 2022 – Social Networks That Won’t Sell Your Data

Protect your blogs and photos on your blogs by Hugh Roberts

How to protect your blog posts and photos by Hugh Roberts

https://hughsviewsandnews.com/2022/08/15/how-to-help-prevent-somebody-from-stealing-your-blog-posts-and-photos/comment-page-1/?unapproved=151236&moderation-hash=2c505575fb3118077a41e7c712a4c16d#comment-151236

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Scams and Warnings for Writers

Anne R. Allen with some updates for writers on new publishing scams and warnings for writers

Bogus Agents, Phony Communities, Fake Conferences, and Pay-to-Play Anthologies: New Scam Warnings for Writers

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