How to create short URLs to promote your work
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 15, 2022
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes EMP survival, metaphysical fiction, romance, science fiction adventure, sword and sorcery, and a dystopian future.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Apr. 10
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 8, 2022
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes EMP survival, changelings, a cozy magical mystery, a supernatural apocalypse, and a snarky magical private eye.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Apr. 3
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 1, 2022
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has galactic empire science fiction, occult suspense, a cozy paranormal mystery, vampires, genetic alteration, and lots of romance.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Mar. 27
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 25, 2022
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has time travel, mystery, magic, myth and legend, and lots of fantasy.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Mar. 20
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What is the metaverse?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe term “metaverse” was first coined in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash. He used it to refer to an immersive, virtual reality world in which people are embodied as their avatars.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 18, 2022
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has time travel, faeries, a Sumerian goddess, witches, psychics, spaceships, alien lovers and post apocalyptic futures.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Mar. 13
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 11, 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has EMP survival, and visions of dystopian futures, dragons, space battles, and time travel.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Mar. 6
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 4, 2022
Reading Time: 11 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has lots and lots of magic, sexy shapeshifters, EMP survival, re-told fairy tales, and visions of dystopian futures.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 27
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 25, 2022
Reading Time: 17 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, time travel, werewolves, more space battles, retold fairytales, first contact, more time travel, alien lovers, and cupcakes.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 20
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BOSKONE Panel: Creating maps for fantasy novels
Reading Time: 5 minutesSci-fi and fantasy author Julie Czerneda moderated a panel today at BOSKONE 59, the annual conference organized by the New England Science Fiction Association. She and her guests discussed how they created the maps they have in their books, the value of including maps, and their favorite maps.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 18, 2022
Reading Time: 10 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, magical kingdoms, angels, skeleton horses, hell hounds, and dystopian futures.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 13
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 11, 2022
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has vampires, dragons, witches, ghouls, cozy mysteries and galactic empires. And, as always, plenty of steamy romance.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Feb. 6
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 4, 2022
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has time travel, dystopian futures, zombies, magical mysteries, epic fantasies, and elves.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 30
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 28, 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, time travel, dystopian futures, mermaids, magical mysteries, and an epic battle between good and evil.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 23
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 21, 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has dystopian futures, mermaids, shapeshifters, and magical cooking.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 16
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 14, 2022
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has dystopian futures, sexy shapeshifters, a zombie apocalypse, a cozy magical mystery, and two epic fantasies.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 9
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Jan. 7, 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, mermaids, sexy alien warriors, sexy shapeshifting dragons, and several stories of dystopian futures.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Jan. 2
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 31, 2021
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list is all about romance — romance with dragons, romance with werewolves, romance with aliens, and romance with vampires.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 26
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 24, 2021
Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has evil space aliens, kick-ass monster hunters, witches galore, and hot Christmas elf action.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 19
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 17, 2021
Reading Time: 14 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space battles, sexy aliens, dragons, magic, werewolves, and a demon hunter.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 12
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 10, 2021
Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has vampires, dwarves, magic, dragons, mermaids, fae, space battles, and post-apocalyptic survival.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Dec. 5
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 3, 2021
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has space travel, magic, shape shifters, vampires, time travel, and lots of sexy times.
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Website basics: How to set up a featured panel
Reading Time: 16 minutesHow to make a panel on a Wordpress website to promote a new book release using Gutenberg blocks.
This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Nov. 28
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 26, 2021
Reading Time: 15 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has werewolves, magic, space exploration, epic fantasy, and several box sets.
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Black Friday deal: Kindle Unlimited now $4 a month
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou can now get four months of Kindle Unlimited for $4 a month — it’s normally $10 a month. Amazon also has great deals right now on Kindle devices.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Nov. 21
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Nov. 19, 2021
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has everything — werewolves, dragons, elves, a time-traveling private eye, post-apocalyptic survival, and — dinosaurs!
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Marketing hardest part of being an indie writer, survey shows
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year’s survey of more than 1,000 indie authors from Written Word Media shows that 79 percent think that marketing is the toughest part of being an indie author — compared to just 14 percent who said writing was.
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This week’s top writing advice from around the web for Nov. 14
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