• How To Tackle Jealousy In Creative Writing
• Common Submission Mistakes
• How To Stop Your Blog Becoming Boring
• The One Thing Every Successful Writer Has In Common
• How To Make Yourself Aware Of Publishing Scams
• Why Almost ALL Writers Make These Grammar Mistakes At Some Point
• 5 Tips For Authors On How To Deal With Rejection
• Top Mistakes to Avoid When Writing a Novel
• How to Avoid Common New Writer Mistakes
• 10 Mistakes New Fiction Writers Make

All posts by Ty Cohen

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  Should You Give Away Copies of Your Book?

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing. Should you give away books for free? The value of book give­aways can’t be assessed by for­mula. The pre­vail­ing mythol­ogy sug­gests that the goal of pub­lish­ing is to sell...

  • Posted August 13, 2015
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  Using The Power of Observation to Write Great Stuff

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! Athletes practice. Musicians practice. As a writer, you need to do the same. Whether you have dreams of writing a novel, a memoir, or a collection of poems, or...

  • Posted August 12, 2015
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• Thoughts on Using a Pen Name for Self-Published Works

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! I’ll never forget the divorce court scene in the Tina Turner movie, What’s Love Got to Do with It, when Tina battles for her name. She didn’t care about...

  • Posted August 11, 2015
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  The Top 10 Big Mistakes That Self-Published Authors Make

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing. During the recent Book Expo America in New York City, a friend of the Book Designer came across a document they quietly passed along to me. It seems to...

  • Posted August 10, 2015
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  Finding a Sponsor For Your Blog

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! You might not think that your blog is big enough to find sponsors (and you might be right) but even if you’re unsuccessful in finding one you will hopefully...

  • Posted August 7, 2015
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  Why Writing A Blog Series Is Best

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! This week's quick tip for bloggers is to write post series rather than relying solely on one-off article ideas.  Types of Blog Post Series There are a couple of...

  • Posted August 6, 2015
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  Leo Lionni On the Secret of Creativity And Great Storytelling

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing. What we create … we fill in with our own thoughts and feelings.” In 1959, beloved children’s book author and illustrator Leo Lionni created a lovely little book for...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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  How to Become A Writer and Also Hold Down A Day Job

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! One of the most frequent questions I receive is: How can I write and hold down a day job at the same time? There’s a common belief (and a...

  • Posted August 4, 2015
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  Start Using Exclamation Points Properly!!!!!

  Share, Pin or Retweet If You Love Writing! Exclamation points! Woohoo! Yeehaw! Is there any punctuation mark that could possibly be more fun for writers to use? (Okay, so there is the interrobang, but that’s still kinda the same...

  • Posted August 3, 2015
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  Why Writing Ideas in a Notebook is Best

  Share, Pin Or Retweet If You Like Writing! I assumed it was because I’m firmly in the “You kids get off my lawn” phase of my career, but after a dalliance with a keyboard, I found I...

  • Posted July 31, 2015
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