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How to Be Featured in National Geographic Traveler

Do you want to know an easy way to get you and your book featured in National Geographic Traveler magazine? It’s actually quite easy. Just tell the editors why you love your city. Yes, you can be featured in NGT without having a travel book. Any book will do. A novel, a memoir, a children’s […]

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How to Track and Uncover Good Literary Agents

To be published by a major book publisher, you need an agent. This is especially true for fiction. Click To Tweet If you want to be published by a major book publisher, you need an agent. This is especially true for fiction (novels, short story collections, mysteries, romances, etc.). But it can also be important […]

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Jeff Davidson: Make the Most of Your Speeches

Guest post by Jeff Davidson Every time you speak to a group, regardless of who did the booking, you have the opportunity to create an audio CD (and/or perhaps a DVD) simply by bringing your own equipment. There are five good reasons why it’s worth recording yourself as often as possible: Here are five good […]

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Book Authors: Before They Became Famous

Many book authors didn’t start off being bestselling writers. They started with all sort of jobs. Here are a few of the odd jobs writers have worked prior to their success as book authors. Charles Dickens, author of The Tale of Two Cities — At age 12, he worked in a shoe polish factory labeling jars. […]