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Book Review & Contest Insights from Real Reviews and Submissions
What separates great books from the rest? Below are articles with insights from real reviews and contest submissions—what works, what doesn’t, and how to improve your book. You’ll also find a wide range of articles covering writing, publishing, marketing, and more. Each article has a Comments section so you can read advice from other authors and leave your own.
Why Some Books Win Awards (And Most Don’t) — Insights From Real Contest Submissions New!
What separates award-winning books from the rest? After evaluating contest submissions across a wide range of genres, certain patterns become clear. Some books consistently rise to the top. Others, even with strong ideas and clear effort behind them, fall short. The difference is rarely dramatic—it...
What We’ve Learned From Reviewing Hundreds of Thousands of Books (And Why Most Don’t Stand Out) New!
After reviewing and evaluating books across thousands of submissions over the past two decades, certain patterns become impossible to ignore. Some books immediately stand out to reviewers. Others—even well-intentioned ones—fade into the middle or fall short. The difference is rarely luck. It comes down to...
Blogging Your Success Story
If you have become successful, then you might decide to share this with others on your blog. Remember that sharing success stories can cause rivalry with other bloggers and can make people envious. The best idea is to take your success story and make it into an informative piece which lets your readers know how you succeeded, and what they have to do to succeed as well. It's never easy to become successful at things and people always want to know how to become successful themselves. Make your blog an informative place where people can go to find out how to start.
Who You Are Matters
Take the time to introduce yourself and begin telling them about the struggle you went through in order to become successful. Add in your trials and tribulations, setbacks and problems until you finally had a breakthrough. Add in pictures and videos and you'll get the attention of readers. Put in some jokes about how it was difficult and about how you didn't think you might make it.
How Did You Rise?
Next, inform them about how you finally reached the top and became a success. Tell them as if you were relating this in a one on one conversation. Never boast about anything. Just tell them the facts, plain and simple, and let them know how your life is right now, and how it feels knowing that you are a success. If there are certain things that you regret, let them know it, and if you are now swamped with work, tell them that success is not all it's cracked up to be.
Remember Where You're From
To keep your audience, this is the time to let them know how you came to be a success. What you had to go through, if you took courses, or if you had to put in incredibly hard work and long hours to achieve your goal. Give them the information and tell them where you went, what you did, and how much it all cost. Give them all the information that is necessary for them to get on the road to success themselves.
Let Others Ask
Have a place where your readers can ask questions. Take the time to answer their questions honestly and inform them where they can get certain information. If you make it seem that they too can succeed, they will be grateful to you for giving them much needed information for their possible success.