writeradvice | Samantha Durante

Oct 2, 20134 min read

Finding Your Voice

I see this problem all the time with my business writing clients. They’ve certainly got plenty to say – they’re experts in their fields,...

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Sep 11, 20133 min read

DIY Editing Tips

I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because typos are the bane of my existence! (Sponsored post.) You may think that soaring...

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Aug 3, 20133 min read

Death to the Dreaded Second (Middle) Book Syndrome

This content was originally posted on www.cocktailsandbooks.com as part of the Shudder Blog Tour in 2013. Middle books in a trilogy have...

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May 6, 20134 min read

Pre-Release Jitters

This content was originally posted on www.reutreads.wordpress.com as part of the Shudder Blog Tour in 2013. What goes through an author’s...

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Mar 27, 20135 min read

What Just Happened?? Prepping for the Twist

This content was originally posted on www.uniquelymoibooks.com as part of the Stitch Blog Tour in 2012. I LOVE me a good twist. That...

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Feb 18, 20133 min read

The Birth of a Twist: How I Came Up with Stitch

Note: This guest post was originally posted on 11/19/12 at another blog, but that blog has since closed down. I decided to move the text...

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Jul 26, 201211 min read

Book Formatting Woes: I figured out the hard stuff so you don’t have to! (Part 2)

Update: This post was written back in 2012, and thankfully things have gotten A LOT easier since then!! (You NO LONGER need a software...

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Jul 23, 20126 min read

Book Formatting Woes: I figured out the hard stuff so you don’t have to! (Part 1)

Update: This post was written back in 2012, and thankfully things have gotten A LOT easier since then!! (You NO LONGER need a software...

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Jul 17, 20122 min read

The Big Reveal: Stitch Cover Art!

I’m SO excited to share the final cover art for Stitch! Drumroll please… Ta-da! A big shout out to Damon over at http://damonza.com/ for...

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Jul 13, 20126 min read

Any Advice? Marketing & Promotion Schedule

The past few days while planning my marketing campaign, I keep running up against the same question (or rather, ramming into it headlong...

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Jul 11, 20125 min read

Navigating the Befuddling World of Book Blogs

Yesterday, I almost drowned. Okay, not literally, but I felt like I was drowning. You see, I had a couple free hours, so I decided...

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Jul 3, 20124 min read

Making the Connection – Marketing a Book to Readers

Note: This post was originally written in 2012 but I updated it in 2021 with some additional tips! I can tell you with confidence that...

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Jun 27, 20124 min read

Why I Decided to Self-Publish

If you work outside the book industry, you may not know that there is a revolution underfoot. Amazon is shaking up the publishing world,...

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Jun 25, 20123 min read

The Why & How of Writing a Novel (Part 2)

Last week in Part 1 of this post I wrote about how I managed the undertaking of writing a novel. This week I’m going tackle the harder...

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Jun 20, 20124 min read

The Why & How of Writing a Novel (Part 1)

Since I’ve started telling people that I wrote a novel, the questions I get asked most often (besides, “What’s it about?”) are “Why?” and...

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