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Podcasting is an amazing way to grow your audience, become an authority in your niche, and connect with great people along the way. As any podcaster would attest, there’s a lot that goes into starting and running a podcast, like preparing, recording, and promoting each episode. These are the fun and creative elements of podcasting. Writing show notes can seem like a painful and time-consuming chore, but it’s really important that you write great show notes. Why are podcast show notes important? There are four main benefits to creating podcast show notes: They help hook busy listeners, resulting in increased engagement They help increase search engine ranking, resulting in more organic traffic They’re easily shareable, resulting in more exposure via social media and email They actively drive traffic to your site, resulting in more support for your business goals Show notes help hook busy listeners Podcasting is becoming a competitive market, so it’s absolutely critical to ho...

What Is a Novel? If you’re going to write a novel, you need to know exactly what a novel is—and what it isn’t. A novel, strictly speaking, is a lengthy work of fiction. Depending on what genre you’re writing in, a novel might range anywhere from 40,000 to 125,000 words—that’s 160 to 500 pages. There are novels that are shorter or longer than this, but that’s about the average. In general, it’s accepted that a novel is 50,000 words and up. Beyond that, the only real guideline is that a novel is fiction—it’s made up in some way. Nonfiction works have their own unique set of guidelines and criteria, and are written using different techniques and concepts. (We also have a guide on  how to write a nonfiction book  if you’re interested in that.) You can write in a huge variety of fiction genres—science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, contemporary fiction, romance, thriller, mystery, horror, suspense, paranormal, magical realism, Western, historical fiction, YA, middle grad...

While writing a rockstar-quality book review is far more art than science, there are a few hard rules you should follow when writing one. Here are some great tips from our crack team of bestselling authors, editors, and avid readers on how to make the next book review you write the best it can possibly be. Why Write a Book Review? Here’s the thing. Not only are book reviews crucial in helping your fellow readers understand what a particular book is about and whether they should invest time in reading it, an honest and well-written book review can help your favorite authors as well. Reviews boost visibility of books on sites like Amazon, helping more people find (and purchase) the books you love. Plus, reviews provide valuable feedback for the author…or at the very least, some much-needed praise and support. 1. Pay Attention and Take Notes If you’re planning to write a book review, you should pay extra attention as you’re reading and take the time to jot down any notes or ideas as ...

Our team did extensive research to find every poetry publisher we could get in touch with that is currently accepting poetry submissions from authors. You do not need to have a literary agent to submit to most of these publishers. List of Poetry Publishers Below you will find our complete list of 133 publishers that currently accepting submissions. At the very bottom of this post, you will find a table with the list of all 172 poetry publishers we found. The reason that list is even bigger is that about 40 of those publishers were not currently accepting submissions at the time we did this research in September, 2018. We just wanted to include the extra list of publishers to make it easier for you in case you’re researching the poetry publishing market or in case some of those publishers change their submissions policy in the future. We also recommend you read our guide on how to publish a poem  for more information and insights into getting your poetry published professiona...

Publishing a book has never been easier, thanks to the internet. You have three main options to consider if you want to publish a book: self-publishing, traditional publishing, and publishing with a small press (an independent publishing company). We’ll cover all three options in detail in this guide: self-publishing, traditional publishing, and publishing with a small press. Self-Publishing Self-publishing has quickly become the go-to standard for the majority of authors to get published because: It’s Fast. You can self-publish a book in a few weeks or less, while it takes up to 2 years or more to get a book published through traditional channels. It’s Easy. You can do it yourself by following a few steps, like in our Kindle Self Publishing Checklist and our Print Book Self Publishing Checklist . It’s Cheap.  You can often do it for $5,000 (or much, much less if your book is less than 70K words, or if you don’t need much editing). Self-publishing has done for bo...