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A common mistake many novice writers make is to put in too many identifiers, or tags, to let us know who is talking. When only two people are having a conversation you can almost avoid tags altogether. The conversation naturally flows back and forth and it is evident who is speaking by the formatting. But often writers put in too many he saids and she saids ...

Marketing may sound like a dirty word especially to literary or academic writers. I understand that. I used to feel the same. But let me ask you this. What's the point writing a book if you can't sell the darn thing? If you really want to make a successful career as a writer, you can't afford to ignore marketing.

Should you tell literary agents and editors about your self-published book (novel) in the biography section of your cover or query letter? Find out when mentioning your self-published fiction or nonfiction in your query letter is going to make literary agents get excited about you, and when it just makes them think you are an amateur.