Hello everyone! This week is one of the biggest weeks for bookish people as people from around the world flock to Blogbound, Book Expo, and, Book Con. Whether you have been to one, two or all of the conventions, the experience can be a doozy, to say the least. Over the years, it’s common for …
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Hello everyone!! If you haven’t heard, I have a new weekly blog series called “Level Up” where, every Sunday, I’d touch on a way to take your blog and/or business to the next level. You can check out all the other posts in the series here! So, when I first started blogging 6+ years ago, I had …
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Hello everyone! When I first started blogging, I had no idea what I was doing and it stayed that way for two years until I joined WordPress and participated in challenges and read about what to do. Now, I’m still learning, but I’ve got a better handle of the ins and outs of what to …
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Hello everyone! Over the years, I’ve read a lot of books and come across a lot of authors, many of whom I’ve worked with for the blog, either directly through them or through their publisher. Most of the time, I’ll have to go to Goodreads and/or the author’s website to get more info about them …
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*this post includes affiliate links I have with Amazon* Hello everyone! So, this month is August and, like millions of people around the world, I’m headed back to school! With going back to school (specifically, university for me) comes buying textbooks, figuring out which books to bring from home, making plans for posts to write …
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Hello everyone! So, a bit ago, I wrote a discussion on what an ARC (advance reader’s copy) is, how people get them, how you can get them and more! One thing that I realized later, though, was that there are a LOT of publishers out there in the US & internationally, and even more imprints …
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Hello everyone! So, between being a blogger, student, and creative writer, I write a pretty good amount….and I also make a lot of typos and mistakes. Over the years, I’ve learned how to be a better writer spanning across how I come up with & execute my ideas, writing style, techniques, and editing in general. …
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Hello everyone! So, if you’re a part of the bookish community, you’ve probably heard of the acronym/thing “ARCs”. For me, I didn’t know about them until like 2 yrs into blogging (as I never really interacted with people who talked about ARCs) and now they are everywhere lol Anyways, there are probably a bunch of …
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Hello everyone! Today I am going to talk to you about one of my most favorite places on Earth: BookCon! I went for the first time ever to Book Con last year (in 2017) and I absolutely adored it! I also did not fully know what to do lol Of course, I researched as much as …
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*this post includes affiliate links I have with Amazon* Hello everyone! So, a couple years ago, I wrote a post about something called #booksfortrade and it helped quite a few people (well, I like to think I did) but it was missing A LOT. Therefore, I decided to make a kind-of part 2 and answer …
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