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Link of the Week – Reading Bourbon Labels
This week’s link comes from one of my favorite blogs, The Art of Manliness. And it’s a great link for anyone who likes bourbon. I, myself, went through a spell of consuming copious amounts of Jim Beam...
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Link of the Week – Talk Like A Pirate
Ahoy, mates! For the past 22 years, September 19th marks International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Yes, there is such a thing. Read how it all started HERE. How do you celebrate ITLAPD? Well, you can...
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Link of the Week – Picking a Lock
Because picking a lock is a skill. Useful information for all. Watch the video or read the article. It’s more great fodder from The Art of Manliness....
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Link of the Week – St. Elmo’s Fire
How about a fun little mix of science and history for this week’s link? Here’s a post I wrote for History Undressed on St. Elmo’s Fire—the weather phenomenon, not the coming-of-age movie starring the...
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Link of the Week – The Grinch
We’ve all heard of the Dr. Suess classic How The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. But did you know there was Grinchy Halloween story, too? For your viewing pleasure: Halloween is Grinch Night. Enjoy!
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Link of the Week – Planning an Escape
Ok, guys. You know how much I love sharing blog posts from The Art of Manliness. Here’s a good one! How to plan for an escape if you (or your hero) is a POW. Great research info!...
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Link of the Week – Facebook Algorithms
Seems the rat race is getting even tougher for authors and any other small business thanks to Facebook’s new algorithms. Unless you are paying for ads (which are increasing in cost at a regular rate),...
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Link of the Week – Opening Champagne with a Saber
Today, I give you a special edition Link of the Week. Not sure if you should try this at home or not. I’m thinking I just might try this. I have a champagne bottle that needs opening and a saber, so…...
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Link of the Week – Rank Stripping
Instead of a Hump Day Kick Start today, I am posting a link to writer David Gaughran’s blog Let’s Get Digital. He outlines one author’s ongoing rank-stripping issue by Amazon. It’s a serious problem...
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Link of the Week – Publishing Trends for 2018
Is the future bright or bleak for authors? From marketing and “direct to reader” sales to audiobooks and subscription services, here is a great article from The Written Word with publishing predictions...
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Link of the Week – Cell Phone Battery Fires
I’m pretty sure that if I ever got lost in the wilderness, I’m not going to last long, especially if it gets cold. I’m by no means a city girl and I’d put in a good effort. But…the cold. Yeah, I’m like...
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Link of the Week – Alt Text & SEO
Here’s a great blog post from Wix on driving traffic to your website using pictures. The right Alt Text is super important to your SEO. Read more below for great tips....
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Link of the Week – Bedsheet Escape
Don’t know about you, but I’ve often thought about how I would escape a burning building—or prison—several stories up. Now I know how, thanks to another tactical survival skill post by The Art of...
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Link of the Week – Amazon and Money Laundering
There seems to be no end to scams and the author is always on the raw end of the deal. Read, or watch the short video, on Fortune.com about a money-laundering scheme using independently published...
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Link of the Week – Best Sellers that Don’t Sell
Here’s a bit about best sellers on Amazon in reference to ranking on paid versus category kindle books. This blog — How To Avoid Best Sellers That Do Not Sell — on K-lytics breaks it down from the...
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Link of the Week – Google Keyword Planner
Keywords are an important part of discoverability for anyone selling goods on Amazon. In authors’ cases, they help drive readers to books. With all the lovely (yes, that is sarcasm) algorithms Amazon...
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Link of the Week – Author Beware
Here is a one-stop info shop for today’s publishing scams. This Reedsy blog touches on vanity presses, scams, contests and more authors should avoid. They also give some helpful tips on how to sidestep...
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Link of the Week – Surviving a Human Stampede
A human stampede. It can happen. At a concert, a protest, a sporting event, for the last box of Twinkies, or any place where there is a large gathering of people. This blog post from the Art of...
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Link of the Week – A Voice, Indie Author Support Network
Indie authors are long past being tired of the Zon’s antics. Such monkey business includes rank stripping, disappearing reviews or page reads, sketchy Terms of Service rules, the ease of which scammers...
View ArticleLink of the Week – #cockygate
Here in Romancelandia, we’ve had another kerfuffle that has left us a bit dumbfounded. It has been dubbed #cockygate, among other clever hastags. Seems an author is sending takedown notices to other...
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