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Hot Summer Pitchfest Agent Requests!

Here they are! Congratulations to everyone who pitched. Request or no, finishing and pitching your book is a huge accomplishment. And special thank you to the agents and editors. We could not do this without you! We hope you found the stories that you were looking for. See you for our next pitchfest this fall. …

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Trademarks and Titles by Jacqui Lipton

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about whether authors can use other people’s trademarks in their book, story, and essay titles. This can come up in a lot of different genres: notably, nonfiction. If you want to write about, say, the McDonalds corporation, or Nike, or General Motors, how do you do that …

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Self-Publishing an Audiobook by Jacqui Lipton

Indie authors have the advantage of really being in control of both their own author business as well as the creative side of the process. For people who enjoy both the business/marketing side of publishing as well as the creative side, it’s a dream come true. Now, there are more opportunities than ever to engage …

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Opening Pages Casting Call by Jacqui Lipton

Most writers know that what’s on your first pages can make or break your book. If your first pages are boring or confusing, the reader will turn to something else. So many questions come up about how to craft engaging first pages, including how to balance backstory with action, how to create and introduce an …