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August 16, 2015

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Heroes

Role Models in Writing and Marketing Who are your heroes? JK Rowling? Amanda Hocking? Stephen King? How about George RR Martin? Now there’s a guy who knows how to write big books. (Yes, I write big books). Go George! King, for me, has been an important role model–not because he’s so successful–but for his writing […]

 
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August 14, 2015

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amazon, becca hardy, book review, book review club, readling deals, severxance, the warren

Reading Deals

ReadingDeals.com [$19.99] Paid review club service with a money-back guarantee. For this experiment, I thought I’d try something a little different: a review club. Paid review requests are emailed to members twice/week. Using an organic process, reviewers either choose your book or don’t. It can take up to three months for you to get ten […]

 
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November 2, 2014

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becca hardy, book review, san francisco book review, the warren

San Francisco Book Review

SanFranciscoBookReview.com [$125.00]: Paid service founded in 2008. The reviewer I was paired with didn’t appreciate the length of my first book (276+K). It was obvious he only skimmed it, because the plot details in his review weren’t even accurate. Nevertheless, he said much of the story was exactly what he was looking for in a sci […]

 
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