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How to Find Your Writing Niche and Connect with the Right Readers

January 9, 2025

How to Find Your Writing Niche and Connect with the Right Readers

January 9, 2025

It’s not easy finding new readers these days. The secret to drawing just the right readers your way might be finding your niche. A niche isn’t just your genre—it’s the…

Meet Our New Bookstore (& Save 50% off a Thesaurus!)

January 5, 2025

Meet Our New Bookstore (& Save 50% off a Thesaurus!)

January 5, 2025

Welcome to 2025…and say hello to a brand new Writers Helping Writers® bookstore! Like many other authors, Becca and I have switched to a Shopify storefront so we can provide…

2024 Black Friday Deals for Writers

November 17, 2024

2024 Black Friday Deals for Writers

November 17, 2024

It’s time for our favorite round-up: Black Friday Deals for Writers! We love finding ways to save you money because we all need to know how to stretch a dollar…

Best Communities for Marketing Your Writing

October 29, 2024

Best Communities for Marketing Your Writing

October 29, 2024

By Eleanor Hecks Whether you publish traditionally or independently, getting the word out about your books requires a lot of work and monetary investment. Social media is an obvious choice…

Top Tips to Help You Get Great Author Photos

June 6, 2024

Top Tips to Help You Get Great Author Photos

June 6, 2024

If you’ve never had professional author photos taken—or if it’s been ten years or more since you have—it’s time to do it now! We live in a visual world. Readers…

Release Day: The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus Is Here (& a Giveaway!)

May 13, 2024

Release Day: The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus Is Here (& a Giveaway!)

May 13, 2024

Another book joins the family today: The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Stress and Volatility! Writing authentic emotional reactions can be difficult when a character is the…

The Secret To a Compelling Author Bio

March 19, 2024

The Secret To a Compelling Author Bio

March 19, 2024

Goodbye to Boring Bios Are you struggling to write the perfect author bio for your book, social media or website? Then this post is for you! Say goodbye to boring…

The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus (May 2024 Release)

March 14, 2024

The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus (May 2024 Release)

March 14, 2024

We’re adding to our Thesaurus family! It’s been a while since our last book as we needed to recalibrate our release schedule from fall to spring (resulting in a year…

Don’t Make These 10 Self-Publishing Mistakes – Part 2

February 29, 2024

Don’t Make These 10 Self-Publishing Mistakes – Part 2

February 29, 2024

By Sarah Kolb-Williams In part one, we looked at a few production mistakes new authors can make. Today, we’ll focus on mistakes to avoid while finalizing your files and publishing…