These are the words of guest blogger Mikayla Holmes, author of “Free to be Me.” If you’d like to contact or learn more about Mikayla you can visit her website. Download the Balboa Press free publishing guide to receive more information. About Expectations It is a very free feeling to let go of all expectations and live…
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Today we’re continuing with our last post about writer’s block. Every self-published author has experienced it, or will someday. How crippling it becomes to your writing, though, depends on how you view it—and how you handle it. Of course, what works for one writer won’t necessarily work for another, so these tips are like a…
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Today we’d like to begin discussing something that affects all writers, self-published or otherwise. Yeah, you know what it is already: writer’s block. Why are there so many articles on writer’s block? Probably because writer’s block is to authors what a pulled muscle is to an athlete: one of the common denominators of the trade,…
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To fully immerse our audience in the worlds and settings we craft for them in our self-published novels, it’s important to let readers engage all their senses. Last time we presented the first part of this article, in which we covered sight and sound; today we’ll discuss touch, smell and taste. Touch Our heroes often…
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Balboa Press publishes articles written by our authors in which they share some aspect of their self-publishing journeys. These are the words of Dr. Donna Clovis, author of “Quantum Leaps in Princeton’s Place.” and “Six Doors Down.” If you’d like to contact or connect with Dr. Clovis, you can do so through Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. To learn more about her…
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Balboa Press publishes articles written by our authors in which they share some aspect of their self-publishing journeys. These are the words of Tania Joy Antonio, certified life coach and author of The Affirmation Station. Download the Balboa Press free publishing guide to receive more information on self-publishing your book with Balboa Press. The Power of Affirmations “I AM,” are…
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Balboa Press publishes articles written by our authors in which they share some aspect of their self-publishing journeys. These are the words of Susan Wolf Johnson, author of King Daniel: Gasparilla of Pirates. If you’d like to contact Susan, you can do so through her Facebook author page. Download the Balboa Press free publishing guide to receive more information…
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Whitney Eklof is currently an offline marketing specialist for Author Solutions, the world leader in supported self-publishing. She has a master’s degree in telecommunications from Indiana University, focusing specifically on storytelling across a range of mediums and story world creation. While at IU, she also served as an associate instructor, educating students about writing, storytelling,…
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Regan Platt is an offline marketing intern at Author Solutions, the world leader in supported self-publishing. She is currently a senior at Indiana University where she studies English. Regan is in Indiana University’s Liberal Arts Management Program, an honors level interdisciplinary program that incorporates Kelley School of Business courses with a liberal arts education. 1.…
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Whitney Eklof is currently an offline marketing specialist for Author Solutions, the world leader in supported self-publishing. She has a master’s degree in telecommunications from Indiana University, focusing specifically on storytelling across a range of mediums and storyworld creation. While at IU, she also served as an associate instructor, educating students about writing, storytelling, and…
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