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Marginalia: The Power of Paradox and Fiction as Truth

A paradox mindset helps creativity, teamwork, leadership, self-efficacy, perspective, and resilience; and how fiction shows us truth.

By Tom Collins April 10, 2024 Book Reviews, Books, Creativity, Flawsomism, Marginalia
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Unlocking Creativity: A Writer’s Guide to AI

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer for authors seeking to build real success in today’s multi-media world of social, email, […]

By Yvonne DiVita April 4, 2024 AI Tools & Tips, Marketing your book, Writing
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[TfTi] Timeless Advice for Authors: Ancient Wisdom Inspired by Seth Godin

We’ll focus on six of his 19 points, with a bit more explanation to show why we still advocate them with our clients today.

By Tom Collins March 26, 2024 Books, Indie Publishing, Tips from Tom's inbox, Writing
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How NOT to Write a Book Review On Amazon (or anywhere else) For Authors Whose Books You 💗

Book reviews, much like everything else in today’s techno-world have changed.

By Yvonne DiVita March 21, 2024 Book Reviews, Indie Publishing
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Marginalia: AI, self-driving cars, and the delusion of perfection

Marginalia: on Matthew Crawford’s book, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road. It might not be apparent from the title, but the two themes that keep jumping out at me are the dangers in our headlong rush toward applying AI to everything and the problem of perfectionism.

By Tom Collins March 14, 2024 AI Tools & Tips, Creativity, Flawsomism, Marginalia, Tools & Technology
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Celebrating International Bestsellers + Can You Say, ‘I am Flawsome?’

Writing the book is really just the beginning. If you ask any author what the hardest part of their book project was, most of them […]

By Yvonne DiVita March 7, 2024 Flawsomism, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book
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Who’s Reading All Those Books? Surprise!

According to a recent report on CNN, at least some of the growth in reading books comes from Gen Z and Millennials. The story covers a widespread growth in the number of book clubs.

By Tom Collins February 27, 2024 Audiobooks, Books, Reading
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I Wanted to Play Soccer, He said. Instead, He Became a Writer.

In a recent novel I was reading, a conversation between the two main characters stuck in my mind. The antagonist was a horror writer. À […]

By Yvonne DiVita February 22, 2024 Big Ideas, Book Coaching, Writing
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[TfTi] Competing with Giants? Let’s Level the Field

In this edition of Tips from Tom’s inbox, I’m going to have to work at avoiding a rant. My goal is to help you understand and put to use some truths about book publishing and marketing as an indie author.

By Tom Collins February 15, 2024 Book Reviews, Books, Business & Entrepreneurship, Marketing your book, Marketing your business, Tips from Tom's inbox
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The TRUE Cost of Indie Publishing

People are dying to understand Indie Publishing. Well, maybe not dying. I hope no one has died. What I mean to say is that people […]

By Yvonne DiVita February 7, 2024 Book Coaching, Book Design, Indie Publishing, Writing
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