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Home Posts tagged "Advice"

Tag: Advice

Reviews Are Important Part 2

readers' favorite 5 stars

Several blogs past, I wrote about reviews and their value to authors. My focus, I now know, was limited. I was thinking of reader reviews on Amazon and even Goodreads. Those are important, there is no doubt. However, as I become more aware of the details of marketing, professional reviews…

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Michael Farlow October 1, 2018 October 1, 2018Book Reviews, General, Reviews, Writing Advice, Book Reviews, Marketing 0

Update and Adverbs

All My apologies for being off line for a while, and here is an update. As I told one of my readers, Chris, it has been a hectic few months in 2018. First, I had one editor retire from fiction and then another who backed out of his commitment just…

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Michael Farlow April 8, 2018 April 8, 2018Editing, Writing Advice, Blogs, editing, Host Saga, Michael J Farlow 0

An Author Interview Experience

I recently participated in my first media interview. Thought I would never do one, but ended up doing two! I met Rob Brown of For Book Lovers Only at a Texas Authors marketing event in Houston several months ago. He interviews authors on both TV and radio and has studios…

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Michael Farlow November 10, 2017 November 10, 2017General, Interview, Writing Advice, Interviews, PR, writing 0

Goodreads is a Treasure for Authors and Readers

I’ve been a member of Goodreads for a little over five years. Goodreads describes itself as a free website for book lovers. Imagine it as a large library that you can wander through and see everyone’s bookshelves, their reviews, and their ratings. You can also post your own reviews and…

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Michael Farlow May 30, 2017 May 30, 2017Good Books, Reading, Writing Advice, Book Reviews, Good Books, Readers 0

The Reading Secret for New Writers

For years now experienced authors have been telling new writers that reading is important, especially in the genre they would like to write in. Read a lot, they say. Unfortunately, they don’t tell you what they really mean . . . the secret. I read a lot and by some…

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Michael Farlow January 4, 2017 January 4, 2017Writing Advice, Reading, writing 0

What do you want to hear in a blog?

Always give them what they want to hear. An old rule of thumb, and one that applies to a blog as well. So far, I have been writing the blog about my experiences as I go through the writing process, but now I think I need to do more. The…

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Michael Farlow November 28, 2016 November 28, 2016Uncategorized Advice, Blogs 0

Editing Progress and Writing Advice

Ok, much to my amazement I just finished dealing with the remaining 38 editorial comments in Immortal Guardian. It went quicker than I thought.  I just sent an email to my editor, Tammy, that I am now 100% certain I will have the two books back to her on August…

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Michael Farlow July 4, 2016 July 4, 2016Editing, Publication, Writing Advice, Beta Reader, Characters, editing, writing 0
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