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The Pen to Profit Podcast: Fiction Writing Tips

Ray Evans| Proofreader, Copyeditor, Writing Coach

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From drafts to dollars: learn the secrets to writing, editing, publishing, and marketing to turn your fiction writing into a profitable business. Are you a fiction writer? Does having to write, edit, do cover design, keep up on market trends, research, get reviews, etc leave you feeling overwhelmed? Is marketing your book so confusing that you feel like you’re just throwing money into a shredder to make confetti? Are you a great writer but struggle with grammar, long and winding sentences, c ...
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Introduction: Hey there, you grammatical gunslingers and syntactical sorcerers, welcome back to another episode of the "Pen to Profit Podcast: Fiction Writing Tips." I'm your host, Ray Evans, wielding the mighty pen to carve paths through the dense forest of fiction writing. In this episode, we're embarking on an expedition into the brave new world…
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Welcome back, you literary alchemists and narrative necromancers, to the "Pen to Profit Podcast: Fiction Writing Tips," where we slice through the Gordian knots of grammar, unbox the Pandora’s box of publishing, and occasionally take a detour through the catacombs of history. I’m Ray Evans, your harbinger of prose and profitability, armed with a qu…
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