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Writer’s Tips – June Edition – Creating Vivid Settings, Writer Beware new Author Festival #Scams, #WordPress Ping Backs, Best Social Media for Authors

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Welcome back to my best picks of the month of my curated tips for writers. In this edition, Beem Weeks is at the Story Empire with a wonderful tutorial on Creating Vivid Settings for our books. And Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware is sharing the latest author scams going on coming into our emails through fake AI publishers now inviting us to author festivals and conference events, Anne R. Allen on Book Publicity Scammers, Hugh Roberts shares a new tutorial on how to use Ping Backs, Alliance Independent Authors shares best and worst social media sites for authors.

Beem Weeks at the Story Empire – Creating Vivid Settings

Tips For Creating Vivid Settings!

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Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware shares the latest A.I. scams finding Authors

Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid

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Anne R. Allen on Newest Book Publicity Scams

Writers, Don’t Let Yourself be Groomed by Book Publicity Scammers

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Hugh Roberts with a tutorial on How to Use Ping Backs

How to Use Pingbacks on WordPress to Grow Your Blog (Step-by-Step Guide)

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From the Alliance of Independent Authors, 10 Social Media Platforms for Authors

https://allianceindependentauthors.substack.com/p/10-social-media-platforms-for-authors?r=gon0m&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%2Bviewer&triedRedirect=true

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Writer’s Tips January 2026 – #Blogging Tips, Author #Scams, and #Writing Tools

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Welcome back to my new 2026 Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Hugh Roberts offers great tips on how to avoid Blog Overload, Anne R. Allen has the latest Author Scams going on, and the Kindlepreneur shares the six best Writing Tools for 2026.

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Hugh Roberts has some helpful Blogging Tips

How To Avoid Soaring Blogging Overload: 4 Helpful Ways

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Anne R. Allen’s Author Scam Updates

New Scam Alerts for Authors

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The Kindlepreneur offers this year’s best Book Writing Tools

https://kindlepreneur.com/best-book-writing-software/?ck_subscriber_id=1963030192&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Predatory%20book%20software%20on%20the%20rise%20-%2020380322&sh_kit=976707896cc1471f2f5ac7049353998bf4ab6d78a0059f7a9b433fd507cba830

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December Writer’s Tips – Beware the Latest #Publishing and #BookMarketing #Scams, Draft 2 Digital, Let it Snow!

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Welcome to my December Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Hugh Roberts is sharing the latest Publishing Scams and how to make it Snow on our Blogs, Anne R. Allen is sharing the newest Book Marketing Scams, Deborah Jay continues on with her tutorial on Self-Publishing using Draft 2 Digital.

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Hugh Roberts warns us about the Newest Scams going on with Publishing

The Latest Blogging and Publishing Scams You Need to Be Aware Of Now

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Anne R. Allen gives us the scoop on the latest Book Publishing Scams

Update on those Flattering AI Book Marketing Scams

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Deborah Jay’s latest tutorial on Publishing with Draft 2 Digital

Publishing with Draft2Digital – Layout #indiepublishing (Self Publishing Part 15)

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Hugh Roberts gives us a Tutorial on How to Make it Snow on our Blogs

How to Enable or Disable the Falling Snow Effect on Your WordPress Blog

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Writer’s Tips November -A.I. Copyright Lawsuit, Image Sourcing, #Publishing on Draft 2 Digital, #Writing Secondary Characters, #Copyright Trolls

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Welcome to November’s best curated Writer’s Tips. In this edition, the Kindlepreneur shares info about an AI lawsuit case and the importance of copyright, Hugh Roberts shares some free image sourcing sites, Deborah Jay shares how to publish on Draft 2 Digital, Anne R. Allen talks about writing good seconday characters, and author Jacqueline Lambert has an important BEWARE for bloggers using public images on blogs with the new Copyright Trolls.

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The Kindlepreneur talks about AI scraping our content and re-publishing. Read about the lawsuit below, and I’ve provided a link below that where you can check and see if any of your books are part of the lawsuit

The lawsuit and settlement on the Kindlepreneur

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Hugh Roberts shares where to Source Legal Images

Where To Legally Source Amazing Images For Your Blog Posts

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Deborah Jay in her Self-Publishing Series, shares the ease and benefits of publishing with Draft 2 Digital

Publishing with Draft2Digital (D2D) – an overview (Self Publishing Part 13) #IndiePublishing

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Anne R. Allen on the importance of Writing good Secondary Characters

What’s My Motivation? Secondary Characters Should Want Something, too.

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Last – but far from least, Jackie Lambert has some worthy advice about Copyright Trolls and Scamming us for falsely accused used Images

Bloggers Beware The Copyright Trolls – Even If You Use Royalty-Free Images

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October’s Best Curated Writer’s Tips – #Blogging, Email #Scams, #Punctuation, Perils of A.I.

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Welcome to October’s picks for Writing Tips. In this edition, blogging guru, Hugh Roberts shares a tutorial on creating a Contact Page on our blogs and how to build the page, Hugh Roberts on Blog Recommendations, Anne R. Allen talks about the ‘flattering’ email scams authors receive, Diana Peach in her Punctuation Refresher Series talks about Comma uses, and Nathan Bransford on Trusting A.I.

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Hugh Roberts on How to Build a Contact page in our Blogs

5 Reasons Why Every Blogger Should Have a Contact Page and How to Build One

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Hugh Roberts explain the new Blog Recommendation tool

This New WordPress Feature Helps Promote The Blogs You Love

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Anne R. Allen talks about A.I. Scams and the current Flattering Emails landing in Author’s Email

Authors, Those Flattering Emails Filling Your Inbox—They’re All an AI Scam

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Diana Peach at the Story Empire in her Punctuation Series – Commas

Punctuation Part VIII: Commas, Part One

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Nathan Bransford warns about the Perils of A.I. for Writers

Rely on A.I. at your peril

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September Writer’s Tips – Updating old Blog Posts, Pricing Books, Quotation Marks, #Amazon, Broken Links, #Keywords, A.I. and Books

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Welcome to September’s curated Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Hugh Roberts shares about repurposing old Blog Posts, Deborah Jay in her Self-Publishing series, talks about how to price book accordingly on Amazon, the Kindlepreneur shares how to find best Keywords for our books, and Diana Peach is back with here Punctuation series at the Story Empire, talking about the use of Quotations, and Sue Coletta, Nicholas Rossis shares about A.I. in books and social media, also at the Story Empire talks about cleaning up broken links on our Blogs.

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Hugh Roberts on Repurposing or Deleting older Blog Posts

The Ultimate Guide to Updating, Deleting, or Republishing Old Blog Posts

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Deborah Jay – Pricing our books to sell on Amazon (Part 12 in her self-pub series)

#Pricing your book to sell (self publishing part 12)

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The Kindlepreneur offers tips for finding best Keywords when uploading our books to Amazon

https://kindlepreneur.com/how-to-see-another-books-keywords

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Diana Peach at the Story Empire, talking about the various uses of Quotation Marks

Punctuation Part VII: Quotation Marks

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Sue Coletta at Story Empire on how to clean up Broken Links

How To Clean Dirty Book Links

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Nicholas Rossis – A.I. for books and Social Media

Can AI Help Sell More Books on Social Media?

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August Writer’s Tips – #Keywords and Uploading on #Amazon, #Punctuation – Apostrophes, #Blogging Maintenance, #Citations

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Welcome back to my Writer’s Tips collection I’m sharing for August. In this share, Deborah Jay in her self-publishing tutorials shares How to Choose Keywords for our books on Amazon, as well as How to Download our files to Amazon. Hugh Roberts talks about the importance of doing Blog Maintenance, and Diana Peach in her Punctuation series at the Story Empire, gives a tutorial on the use of apostrophes. Brenda Fluharty shares a comprehensive tutorial on citations and how to for Non Fiction books.

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Deborah Jay has a great tutorial on How to Choose proper Keywords for Amazon book downloads

#AmazonCategories and #Keywords – what are they, why are they important, and how to choose them, and #Pre-orders (Self Publishing Part 10)

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Deborah Jay in her Self-Publishing series shares how to download our book on Amazon

Uploading your ebook to #KDP (Self Publishing Part 11)

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Hugh Roberts shares why it’s important to keep our Blogs Updated

Now This Is Why Keeping Your WordPress Site Updated Matters

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Diana Peach in her Punctuation series at the Story Empire – Apostrophes and Possesion(s)

Punctuation Part VI: Apostrophes & Possession (‘s)

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Brenda Fluharty has some helpful tips for Citing in your Non Fiction books

The Ultimate Guide to Source Citing in Nonfiction Books

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Writer’s Tips – July Edition – #Blogging, Show Don’t Tell, Copyrights, Publishing on Amazon

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Welcome to my curated July Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Hugh Roberts asks – do you know who’s following your blog? Beem Weeks at the Story Empire breaking down Show Don’t Tell, Jacqui Murray shares what you need to know about copyrights and using public images, and Deborah Jay shares Part 9 of her Self-Publishing series on Amazon.

Hugh Roberts asks: Are you Noticing a Drop in your Blog Subscribers?

Look! Blame Me For A Painful Drop In Blog Subscribers

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Beem Weeks at the Story Empire on Why Show Don’t Tell Matters

Why ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ Matters: A Second Look!

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Jacqui Murray with some details on Copyrights, Images, and A.I. Usages

Image Use–Plagiarism, Copyrights, AIs, and More

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Deborah Jay shares Part 9 – How to Publish on Amazon

#SelfPublishing your book with Amazon (self publishing part 9) #IndieAuthor #KDP

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