The Author's Lighthouse Podcast: Tips and Tricks for New Writers and Authors

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This week we discuss ebooks, what they are, and getting the basics of creating and distributing them. And we talk about royalties and how much an author can earn from both print and ebooks from online retailers.

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/90285-in-post-trial-brief-prh-attorneys-say-doj-failed-to-prove-its-case-against-s-s-merger.html

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This week we discuss my favorite writing and production programs plus look at what an Oxford comma is. 

Below are links to the programs discussed in the show and other links as well:
https://www.libreoffice.org/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365

Scrivener - https://bit.ly/Scrivener-ALH

Atticus - https://www.atticus.io/

Vellum -  https://vellum.pub/

ProWritingAid - https://bit.ly/ProWritingAid-ALH
 

Grammerly - https://grammarly.com/

Adobe - https://www.adobe.com/

https://www.ibpa-online.org/page/hybrid-publisher-criteria-download

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This week how we write and prepare for our stories is discussed - do you plot things out, write by the seat of your pants, or something in between?

We touch on what a trope is and discuss the anti-trust hearing about the merger between Penguin/Random House and Simon & Schuster.

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Links

https://www.patreon.com/AuthorsLighthouse

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trope

https://self-publishingschool.com/tropes-and-cliches-in-writing/

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/90032-doj-v-prh-all-our-coverage.html

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Discuss what to do when the words aren't coming out at wonderful as they are in your head. Do you quit or push forward? Also, explain the dust jacket and the parts that make it up. 

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References for today's show:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/salman-rushdie-violently-in-attacked-on-stage-in-new-york.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_jacket

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Books to look into (With affiliate links):
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

On Writing by Stephen King

Information about em and en dashes came from - https://prowritingaid.com/art/2294/em-dash-vs-en-dash.aspx

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