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Use Unreliable Narrators in Your Stories

ByKathrese McKee November 11, 2021November 12, 2021

We have all seen courtroom dramas where the witnesses called to testify get on the stand and are shown to be unreliable. After the witness tells what they saw, their testimony gets called into question. A good defense lawyer will cross examine a witness to show they could not actually see what happened with any…

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Use Content Pillars to Generate Strong Content

ByKathrese McKee July 27, 2021August 17, 2022

Use content pillars to generate content for your blog, social media posts, and newsletters. Stop struggling with what to write about in your blog and your author newsletter and your social posts!

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Seven More Easy Ways to Improve Your Manuscript

ByKathrese McKee July 13, 2021September 8, 2022

Before you send your manuscript to beta readers or to an editor, here are seven more ways to immediately see an improvement in your manuscript.

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Seven Easy Ways to Improve Your Manuscript

ByKathrese McKee July 6, 2021September 8, 2022

Before you send your manuscript to an agent, editor, or your beta readers, use these steps to immediately improve your manuscript.

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Thou Shalt Not Capitalize Too Much

ByKathrese McKee August 16, 2020

Avoid excessive capitalization of pronouns for God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and divine places. And learn about some other rules.

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Kill Your Zombies; Seven Characterization Secrets

ByKathrese McKee August 10, 2020

When you revise, watch for zombie characters you might have created by accident. Seven characterization secrets.

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Start an Email List from Zero

ByKathrese McKee August 2, 2020

It’s like magic! The joys of having an author email list and how to start from zero.

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Seven Basics of Instagram

ByKathrese McKee July 27, 2020

You’ve tried Instagram, but nobody sees your posts. You don’t get likes. You don’t gain followers. So what’s the point?

Instagram takes work, but your efforts are going to waste because you’ve missed a few, crucial details.

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Secrets of Attracting Readers with Content Marketing

ByKathrese McKee July 20, 2020

Authors get so caught up in learning about paid advertising, we often overlook a much less expensive way to capture the attention of potential readers—content marketing.