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Thomas Umstattd of AuthorMedia interviewed Joe Walter, the founder of the Independent Book Review and author of The Truth About Book Reviews: An Insider’s Guide to Getting and Using Reviews to Grow Your Readership. Book reviews sell books, but the number of stars isn’t nearly as important as...

David Chesson of Kindlepreneur is offering a full, step-by-step course on all aspects of self-publishing with over 7 hours of videos, etc. It's $99. Check it out here.

KDP has a growing amount of complaints against it. And they keep terminating authors. Check this out.

From TheCyberGuy: A new cybersecurity warning reveals how hackers briefly weaponized ChatGPT’s Deep Research tool. The attack, called ShadowLeak, allowed them to steal Gmail data through a single invisible prompt, no clicks, no downloads, and no user action required. Finish reading here.

My husband will have surgery tomorrow at 8:00am for bladder tumors and tests to see if they are cancerous. He is rather anxious about this one (as I am a little bit as well but don't tell him. No negativity from me!), because the doctor told him he had a 50-50 chance of making it. His heart...

It's been ages since we discussed body parts acting on their own. Here's an article from a former member C. S. Lakin. Even though it's old, it still hold true... "This month our editors are tackling Fatal Flaw #10 – Description Deficiencies. Too many manuscripts are lacking essential...

I missed it yesterday. Snoopy is 75! Yay! I've been masquerading as Snoopy for years. Ever since I joined here! 😅

Writer Beware has an article that every writer/author needs to read about AI training on books and copyright.

I wasn't going to post this, but I changed my mind. This is the post for my newsletter of last Wednesday. Jesus, fill this room! A shot rang out. Those in the large crowd hunkered down and ran. A body fell to the floor under the canopy. On hearing the news of the assassination of Charlie...

I ask for your precious prayers for hubby. He will have surgery tomorrow morning to get rid of bladder tumors and test to see if they are cancerous. He will have to wear a catheter and have it removed on Friday. He's a little anxious about this surgery. Thank each of you and bless you! :love:

...silent letters weren't silent! 😅

I'm kinda working on a book and got stuck in making a cover today. :D Sooo...I need your help. I used the same font except for the first one. How is the placement of the text and the banner? What about the font?Any suggestions? Thanks so much for your help. ::D

Story Grid is offering a free webinar tomorrow, Sept. 2, at 3:00 pm EDT on story writing. Check it out here. If you can't attend, sign up anyway. There will be a replay link sent to you.

Did you know how Labor Day got started? Labor Day started in the late 1800s, emerging from the labor movement's fight for better working conditions, fairer wages, and shorter hours. The Central Labor Union and Knights of Labor organized the first parade in New York City on September 5, 1882...

There are numerous scammers out there with more and more popping up every day. I hope this article will help you be vigilant in choosing where to self-publish your books. Here

According to the Martha Stewart site, the hobby that has dropped 40% is...wait for it... READING!!! Writers, be aware! :rolleyes: :oops:

Because you deserve recognition... 🥰

This is something that is very necessary to learn. The first few are my additions to the following advice from an article... *When quoting a verse that contains a quote, you need to change the quotations marks to fit proper punctuation. *If using only a portion of Scripture, use the letters a...

I have not used AI for writing. Would someone please explain to me how AI assisted/written material is detected in someone's writing? I don't see how you can tell. ???