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Grammarly Review: Is it For You?

December 8, 2025

  Want Jerry as Your Mentor? Learn More The wrong word choice or even a spelling mistake can turn off your reader. So I hope you’re rereading and editing everything you write.  A tool like Grammarly can help. (Note: this post contains affiliate links. If you click to purchase Grammarly, I get a small commission […]

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How to Outline a Novel in 6 Steps: Your Complete Guide

December 7, 2025

  Want Jerry as Your Mentor? Learn More If you’re a Pantser (one who writes by the seat of your pants), you’re not interested in outlining a novel. Trust me, I’m a Pantser myself. I’ve written nearly 200 books, two-thirds of those novels — and guess what? I don’t outline. Oh, I’m not saying I […]

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3 Smart Email List Building Tips for Authors

December 5, 2025

  Want Jerry as Your Mentor? Learn More Guest post by: R.J. Weiss Afraid there’s too much competition for the attention of your potential readers in the crowded social media space? You’re right! There is. This is where email marketing shines. Email newsletters get opened at a far greater rate than social media posts do. […]

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100+ Creative Writing Prompts to Hone Your Skills

December 5, 2025

  Want Jerry as Your Mentor? Learn More How do you become a better athlete, musician, scholar—or anything? You know. Practice.  You run drills, play scales, review flashcards, whatever it takes. So how do you become a better writer? Speaking only for myself, I feel I get better by exercising my writing muscles. In other […]

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273 Strong Verbs That’ll Spice Up Your Writing

December 5, 2025

Do you ever wonder why a grammatically correct sentence you’ve written just lies there like a dead fish? I sure have. Your sentence might even be full of those adjectives and adverbs your teachers and loved ones so admired in your writing when you were a kid. But still the sentence doesn’t work. Something simple […]

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