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Why Every Author Needs a Website: How to Make Yours Stand Out

Why Every Author Needs a Website: How to Make Yours Stand Out

Do you really need an author website? YES. THE END. OK, Let me tell you WHY you need one, what it should contain, and how to make the most of it. I’ll also outline some trends and ideas to help future-proof your site and we’ll look at how you can make your website sell more books. OWN IT! Your rules, your house. You need a home on the internet. Somewhere for people to find you, to get in touch,...

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How an Indie Author Can Easily Market Their Author Brand with Book Brush

How an Indie Author Can Easily Market Their Author Brand with Book Brush

The literary world is very competitive, and, when it comes to marketing, it can be especially hard for us independent authors. In addition to writing, unless we hire someone to market for us, we have the added burden of handling our own marketing. This can be time consuming, and, at times, down right frustrating. That said, it can be done. This blog post provides some great examples for creating...

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12 Genre Font Pairings for Graphics and Book Covers (with 45+ font pairings)

12 Genre Font Pairings for Graphics and Book Covers (with 45+ font pairings)

Fonts are one the best ways to convey genre to your readers. And as such, the wrong font can make even the most gorgeous artwork look messy. Don’t worry, Book Brush is here to help with genre font pairings! The pairings below feature one decorative font + a simpler serif or sans serif font, either from Google Fonts or available for commercial-free purposes off another site, like 1001fonts.com....

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5 Time Saving Tips for Authors to Implement for the New Year

5 Time Saving Tips for Authors to Implement for the New Year

We have all been there… you suddenly realize you haven’t posted anything on social yet and you are scrambling to pull something together to talk about your upcoming release. If there is one thing I have learned being an author assistant, it is the importance of being organized in order to save time. I’m sharing my top five times to help you build strategies to stay organized. (At least in the...

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The One Tip That Will Bring Your Settings To Life

The One Tip That Will Bring Your Settings To Life

I will share my advice to write great descriptions so you can make your scenes as visual as the graphics you create on Book Brush! Have you ever wondered how to incorporate your setting in your scenes without boring the reader? I often notice that authors adopt two alternatives when describing their scene’s location. The first is to offer a chunk of description at the beginning. Quick, like the...

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